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Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Case report

Pectus excavatum in blunt chest trauma: a case report

Authors: Emmanouil Liodakis, Eirini Liodaki, Hrayr G Basmajian, Nael Hawi, Maximilian Petri, Christian Krettek, Michael Jagodzinski

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Introduction

Blunt cardiac rupture is an exceedingly rare injury.

Case presentation

We report a case of blunt cardiac trauma in a 43-year-old Caucasian German mother with pectus excavatum who presented after a car accident in which she had been sitting in the front seat holding her two-year-old boy in her arms. The mother was awake and alert during the initial two hours after the accident but then proceeded to hemodynamically collapse. The child did not sustain any severe injuries. Intraoperatively, a combined one-cm laceration of the left atrium and right ventricle was found.

Conclusion

Patients with pectus excavatum have an increased risk for cardiac rupture after blunt chest trauma because of compression between the sternum and spine. Therefore, patients with pectus excavatum and blunt chest trauma should be admitted to a Level I Trauma Center with a high degree of suspicion.
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Metadata
Title
Pectus excavatum in blunt chest trauma: a case report
Authors
Emmanouil Liodakis
Eirini Liodaki
Hrayr G Basmajian
Nael Hawi
Maximilian Petri
Christian Krettek
Michael Jagodzinski
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-22

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