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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1629-1631
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Chronic expanding hematoma in the pericardial cavity after cardiac surgery

Shinji Hirai, MDa*, Yoshiharu Hamanaka, MDa, Norimasa Mitsui, MDa, Mitsuhiro Isaka, MDa, Taira Kobayashi, MDa

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima Prefecture Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Accepted for publication October 27, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hirai, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima Prefecture Hospital, 1-5-54, Ujinakanda, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8530, Japan.

We report the successful surgical treatment of a rare case of chronic expanding hematoma in the pericardial cavity that developed into a very large mass over a long period. The patient, who had a history of cardiac surgery for a double-outlet right ventricle 14 years previously and for tricuspid regurgitation 8 years ago, noticed a slowly growing mass near the left atrium and ventricle 5 years ago. The mass, which comfirmed a diagnosis of chronic expanding hematoma, was resected by left thoracotomy.




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