TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Delayed cardiac rupture due to blunt chest trauma
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Pollak, Stefan
A1  - Stellwag-Carion, C.
SP  - 153
EP  - 156
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - A 7-year-old boy fell from a 2.5-m height and suffered contusion of the thorax with hematoma in the soft tissues of the lateral chest wall. The rib cage itself remained intact. After 3 days, there was only local pressure sensitivity of the left hemithorax. On day 8 after the trauma, the child, who up to then had seemed to be in good health, suddenly died during lessons at school. Autopsy revealed a full-thickness rupture of the left ventricle with resultant cardiac tamponade. The macroscopic and histopathologic findings are presented and discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -