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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:558-559
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Fractured rib with penetrating cardiopulmonary injury

Ivor F. Galvin, FRCSI*, Robert Costa, MBBS, Mark Murton, FRACS

Department of Cardiothoradc Surgery, The Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Accepted for publication November 4, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Calvin, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, NSW, 2036, Australia.

Described is an unusual injury, arising from a motorized vehide accident, in which a detached fractured rib from a flail chest caused lung perforation and hemopericardium. The full diagnosis was only appreciated on computed tomography. Thereafter, thoracotomy averted potential disaster.




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