Repair of isolated mitral papillary muscle rupture consequent to blunt trauma in a small child.
Blunt thoracoabdominal trauma is most often caused by high-velocity motor-vehicle accidents or by falls from a height. The clinical spectrum of cardiac injuries arising from this type of trauma varies from myocardial contusion to valvular rupture. Intracardiac valvular rupture is rarely observed, and few cases have been reported. The youngest of the patients in cases reported to date was 6 years of age. Here we report the case of a 2(1/2)year-old child, who sustained mitral valve insufficiency due to isolated rupture of the posterior mitral papillary muscle, which developed after a domestic accident.
Hazan
Eyup
E
Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylul University, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
Guzeloglu
Mehmet
M
Sariosmanoglu
Nejat
N
Ugurlu
Baran
B
Keskin
Vehip
V
Unal
Nurettin
N
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*