Cases of strangulation of heart are usually seen in post-operative heart surgery. However such strangulation of heart can occur due to defect in pericardium. Here, we report a case of 32 year old male who had complaint of chest pain while working on a building construction site. He had previous epis...
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| author | Manoj Bhausaheb Parchake Harish Pathak Sunil Vidhate Rajesh Sukhadeve Nilesh Tumram Ravi Kamble |
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| description | Cases of strangulation of heart are usually seen in post-operative heart surgery. However such strangulation of heart can occur due to defect in pericardium. Here, we report a case of 32 year old male who had complaint of chest pain while working on a building construction site. He had previous episodes of intermittent chest pain which remained undiagnosed. On post-mortem examination, it was observed that the deceased had defect in pericardium with bilateral absence of pericardial sac. In absence of any previous surgical record it was found to be of congenital in nature. Such absence of pericardial sac may remain dormant and can aggravate in situations like stress which laid to constriction of pericardial sac to the ventricular wall leading to blockage of heart vessels causing sudden stoppage of circulation to heart muscle itself. On post-mortem examination opinion as to the cause of death was given as strangulation of heart due to bilateral congenital partial pericardium. Such type of case is reported for its rarity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3ff9cbe25bd4bb5bf9482830ee8f4142022-12-21T18:25:05ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences2090-536X2016-12-016452052310.1016/j.ejfs.2016.06.002Manoj Bhausaheb Parchake0Harish Pathak1Sunil Vidhate2Rajesh Sukhadeve3Nilesh Tumram4Ravi Kamble5Department of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaCases of strangulation of heart are usually seen in post-operative heart surgery. However such strangulation of heart can occur due to defect in pericardium. Here, we report a case of 32 year old male who had complaint of chest pain while working on a building construction site. He had previous episodes of intermittent chest pain which remained undiagnosed. On post-mortem examination, it was observed that the deceased had defect in pericardium with bilateral absence of pericardial sac. In absence of any previous surgical record it was found to be of congenital in nature. Such absence of pericardial sac may remain dormant and can aggravate in situations like stress which laid to constriction of pericardial sac to the ventricular wall leading to blockage of heart vessels causing sudden stoppage of circulation to heart muscle itself. On post-mortem examination opinion as to the cause of death was given as strangulation of heart due to bilateral congenital partial pericardium. Such type of case is reported for its rarity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X16300399Forensic sciencesForensic pathologyStrangulation heartCongenital defectPericardium |
| spellingShingle | Manoj Bhausaheb Parchake Harish Pathak Sunil Vidhate Rajesh Sukhadeve Nilesh Tumram Ravi Kamble Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences Forensic sciences Forensic pathology Strangulation heart Congenital defect Pericardium |
| topic | Forensic sciences Forensic pathology Strangulation heart Congenital defect Pericardium |
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