HERNIATION OF THE STOMACH INTO THE PERICARDIAL SAC COMBINED WITH CARDIAC LUXATION CAUSED BY BLUNT TRAUMA

1 March 1993

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health

Vol. 34 (3) , 453-454
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-199303000-00028

Abstract

Cardiac luxation caused by blunt thoracic trauma carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, in combination with herniation of the stomach into the pericardial sac, pericardial rupture, and cardiac luxation. The recent literature is reviewed and diagnostic difficulties and procedures are discussed.

Keywords

STOMACH
HERNIATION
DIFFICULTIES
BLUNT
PROCEDURES
SAC
TRAUMATIC
PERICARDIAL
DIAPHRAGMATIC

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