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REPORT OF A CASE

I. A. BIGGER, M.D.; B. W. WILKINSON, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1933;27(2):392-394.

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Wounds of the great vessels within the mediastinum are rare and are usually rapidly fatal. When such a vessel is injured outside the pericardium, the signs and symptoms are those of massive intrathoracic hemorrhage; whereas if the intrapericardial portion is injured, cardiac tamponade is apt to result. No case of repair of such a wound can be found in the literature. Because of this fact and because of the importance of recognizing the possibility of such a wound so as to make an incision which will give adequate exposure, the following case is reported.

REPORT OF CASE

History.

—S. B., a colored man, aged 34, was admitted to the Saint Philip Hospital, on Feb. 1, 1932, complaining of a stab wound of the right side of the chest and incised wounds of the left wall of the chest and the left hand. He had received the wounds about thirty minutes . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
RICHMOND, VA.; CLARKSBURG, W. VA.

From the Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia.

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