BACKGROUND Post-traumatic blunt pericardial injury is a rare condition with only a few reported cases which were generally diagnosed during initial examinations upon admission.However,pericardial injuries not bad enou...
BACKGROUND Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma(PMPM)is an extremely rare malignant tumor,and it is difficult to diagnose definitively before death.We present a case in which PMPM was diagnosed at autopsy.We con...
BACKGROUND Tuberculous pericarditis(TP)remains a challenge for endemic countries.In developing countries,one to two percent of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis develops TP.CASE SUMMARY A 49-year-old woman presente...
BACKGROUND Mediastinal bronchogenic cysts and pericardial defects are both rare.It is extremely rare that both occur simultaneously.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first case of a coexistent bronchogenic cyst...
BACKGROUND Infliximab(IFX)is an anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α)agent that is widely used for the management of a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases,including Crohn's disease(CD).As a result of it...
The 13th Five-Year Key Project for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province,No.2A11951.
BACKGROUND Pericardial rupture caused by blunt chest trauma is rare in clinical practice.Because of its atypical clinical symptoms,and because surgeons are often unfamiliar with the clinical and radiological manifesta...
BACKGROUND Cardiac perforation by a transvenous lead is an uncommon but serious complication. Delayed perforation, defined as migration and perforation of an implanted lead at least 1 mo after implantation, is exceedi...
Supported by The Key Medical Disciplines of Jiaxing-Critical Care Med(Supporting Subject),No.2019-zc-12
BACKGROUND Acute chest pain(ACP)is very common among patients presenting to emergency departments.Nevertheless,ACP caused by esophageal foreign body is relatively rarely reported.CASE SUMMARY A 56-year-old man sufferi...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81170454
AIM To compare the clinical outcomes of patients with portal hypertension(PH) who underwent treatment with splenectomy plus simplified pericardial devascularisation(SSPD) or splenectomy plus traditional pericardial de...
Calcification of the pericardium is a relatively rare finding and often has an uncertain etiology. Incidental findings of pericardial calcification may increase due to widespread application of cardiac computed tomogr...