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Query: UMLS:C0008031 (
chest pain
)
17,248
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A patient who presented with
chest pain
, shortness of breath, and a purulent pericardial effusion became hemodynamically unstable after recurrent accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac despite treatment. Surgical exploration revealed an aortic ulcer created by an ingested
porcupine
quill that perforated the esophagus. Sharp foreign body ingestion is extremely rare but poses devastating complications, and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with otherwise unexplained
chest pain
.
...
PMID:An unusual cause of pericardial effusion. 2757 1
