title: Asymptomatic fatal post-lobectomy hemopericardium.
abstract: We report a case of an asymptomatic post-lobectomy hemopericardium in a female who died suddenly at day two post surgery. Autopsy revealed no pathologic findings, but 250 ml of blood and clots in the pericardium and a non-significant injury to the epicardial fat overlying the circumflex artery territory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. chrkotoulas@hol.gr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meraj
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Odom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*