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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:2171-2172
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Pericardial hemorrhage caused by costal exostosis

Ichiro Fukai, MDa*, Yoshitaka Fujii, MDa, Masazumi Hisada, MDb, Keiji Mashita, MDb, Ichiya Suzuki, MDb

a The Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
b Department of Surgery, Kohseiren-Bisai Hospital, Sobue-cho, Japan

Accepted for publication August 1, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Fukai, MD, The Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Mizuhoku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
e-mail: ifukai{at}med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp

This report describes a 21-year-old man who presented with pericardial hemorrhage due to a puncture wound of the pericardium by an inward-facing exostosis of the left fifth rib.






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