Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chylous cardiac tamponade is a rare condition with little known cause.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A case of an otherwise healthy woman who admitted with dyspnea and palpitations is presented. She had a hi...
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| author | Tsilikas Christodoulos Giannoglou Dimitrios Konstantinou Dimitrios Asteriou Christos Barbetakis Nikolaos Giannoglou Georgios |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chylous cardiac tamponade is a rare condition with little known cause.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A case of an otherwise healthy woman who admitted with dyspnea and palpitations is presented. She had a history of a painful flexion-hyperextension of the spine. Diagnostic evaluation proved a chylous pericardial effusion with a disruption of the anterior longitudinal spinal ligament. Video-assisted thoracic surgery with mass supradiaphragmatic ligation of the thoracic duct and pericardial window formation was carried out successfully and resulted in the complete cure of the patient's condition.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Chylous pericardial effusion and subsequent tamponade is a rare entity. Endoscopic surgery is offering a safe and effective treatment.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7203f37e82c45f1b0c205dbd08295182022-12-22T03:12:02ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902010-03-01511110.1186/1749-8090-5-11Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case reportTsilikas ChristodoulosGiannoglou DimitriosKonstantinou DimitriosAsteriou ChristosBarbetakis NikolaosGiannoglou Georgios<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chylous cardiac tamponade is a rare condition with little known cause.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A case of an otherwise healthy woman who admitted with dyspnea and palpitations is presented. She had a history of a painful flexion-hyperextension of the spine. Diagnostic evaluation proved a chylous pericardial effusion with a disruption of the anterior longitudinal spinal ligament. Video-assisted thoracic surgery with mass supradiaphragmatic ligation of the thoracic duct and pericardial window formation was carried out successfully and resulted in the complete cure of the patient's condition.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Chylous pericardial effusion and subsequent tamponade is a rare entity. Endoscopic surgery is offering a safe and effective treatment.</p>http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/11 |
| spellingShingle | Tsilikas Christodoulos Giannoglou Dimitrios Konstantinou Dimitrios Asteriou Christos Barbetakis Nikolaos Giannoglou Georgios Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| title | Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report |
| title_full | Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report |
| title_short | Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report |
| title_sort | spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade a case report |
| url | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/11 |
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