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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 16:29:37.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.37.14335. eCollection 2018.

Cardiac tamponade complicating thoracocentesis: a case for image-guided procedure

[Article in French]
Anthony Adeseye Adeniran  1 , Omolade Oluwafadekemi Adegoke  1 , Akinwumi Oluwole Komolafe  1
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Cardiac tamponade complicating thoracocentesis: a case for image-guided procedure

[Article in French]
Anthony Adeseye Adeniran et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

We present a case of cardiac tamponade that was precipitated by thoracocentesis and discovered at autopsy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Cut surface of the lower lobe of the left lung showing one of the areas of chronic granulomatous caseous necrosis
Figure 2
Figure 2
Puncture wounds at the apex of the heart. Note the vital reaction at the site of the injury
Figure 3
Figure 3
Laceration of the pericardial sac (big arrow); massive blood clot within the pericardial space (small arrow) that led to cardiac tamponade
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