Infected chylopericardium: An unexpected cause of cardiac tamponade

A 22‐year‐old immunocompetent female with a history of small pericardial effusion while infant presented with fever and hemodynamic collapse 4 days after facial trauma. She was found to have cardiac tamponade secondary to infected chylopericardium from bacterial translocation. We report this very un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cardiac surgery 2022-12, Vol.37 (12), p.5517-5520
Hauptverfasser:	Cifuentes, Renzo, Celli, Diego, Hernandez, Gabriel A., Skiada, Dimitra, Abbo, Lilian, Mendoza, Cesar E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Cardiac Tamponade - diagnosis Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Cardiac Tamponade - surgery chylopericardium Female Humans Infant pericardial effusion Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pericardial Effusion - etiology Pericardial Effusion - surgery pericarditis tamponade Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	A 22‐year‐old immunocompetent female with a history of small pericardial effusion while infant presented with fever and hemodynamic collapse 4 days after facial trauma. She was found to have cardiac tamponade secondary to infected chylopericardium from bacterial translocation. We report this very unusual case and review of the literature on chylopericardium infections.
ISSN:	0886-0440 1540-8191
DOI:	10.1111/jocs.17038