Citation

Toluian T, Valenti Pittino C, Bombaci F, Viani G, Oliva G, Cellina M. J. Cardiol. Cases 2022; 25(1): 58-60.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Japanese College of Cardiology, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jccase.2021.06.017

PMID

35024072

PMCID

PMC8721243

Abstract

We present the case of a 74-year-old female who attempted suicide by stabbing repeatedly with a nail scissor in the sub-sternal chest. Chest Computed Tomography (CT) performed at her arrival at our emergency department detected the presence of massive pericardial effusion. A follow-up cardiac CT after the pericardial drainage showed a Pseudo-aneurysm of the anterior wall of the right ventricle. .

Language: en

Keywords

Attempted suicide; Multi-detector computed tomography; Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysm; Pseudo-aneurysm; Right ventricle Pseudo-aneurysm