Infected chylopericardium: An unexpected cause of cardiac tamponade. Issue 12 (17th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cifuentes, Renzo; Celli, Diego; Hernandez, Gabriel A.; Skiada, Dimitra; Abbo, Lilian; Mendoza, Cesar E.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiac surgery. Volume 37:Issue 12(2022)
• Page Start: 5517
• Page End: 5520
• Publication Date: 2022-10-17
• Subjects: chylopericardium -- pericardial effusion -- pericarditis -- tamponade; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.412005
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.17038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-0440

Abstract

Abstract: A 22‐year‐old immunocompetent female with a history of small pericardial effusion while infant presented with fever and hemodynamic collapse 4 days after facial trauma. She was found to have cardiac tamponade secondary to infected chylopericardium from bacterial translocation. We report this very unusual case and review of the literature on chylopericardium infections.