TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Boxer's pericardium
JO  - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
A1  - Ooi, A.
A1  - Douds, A. C.
A1  - Kumar, E. B.
A1  - Nashef, S. A. M.
SP  - 1043
EP  - 1045
VL  - 24
IS  - 6
N2  - A 65-year-old retired professional boxer presented with progressively worsening shortness of breath, peripheral oedema and mild abdominal swelling over a period of 6 months. His only past medical history was hypertension. Subsequent investigations revealed chylous ascites, pericardial constriction and bilateral chylothorax. He had uneventful pericardectomy, and post-operatively the chylothorax resolved only after administration of octreotide for 10 days. The histopathological features of fibrosis, haemosiderin deposition in the pericardium and abundant haemosiderin-laden macrophages are consistent with chronic resolving haemopericardium. These findings suggested that the cause of pericardial constriction was repeated chest trauma from boxing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-7940
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -