Open AccessLate onset hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade from minor blunt chest trauma – a case report
Author(s) -
Tabansi Petronilla N.,
Otaigbe Barbara E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.216
Subject(s) - hemopericardium , medicine , cardiac tamponade , blunt , tamponade , blunt trauma , pericardial effusion , surgery , cardiology
Key Clinical Message Hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade following minor blunt trauma is a rare, life‐threatening condition in children. Without high index of suspicion, diagnosis and intervention may be delayed as the link between the trauma and illness may be missed. We present a 12‐year‐old female in Nigeria, and highlight challenges in diagnosis.