Precordial abscess inducing chest pain 20 years after surgical repair of a pentalogy of fallot

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_D53416B677C2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Precordial abscess inducing chest pain 20 years after surgical repair of a pentalogy of fallot
Journal
Echocardiography
Author(s)
Aschwanden E. (co-first), Bodenmann P., Schlueter L., Fivat-Arbane M., Hurni M., Qanadli S.D., Jaussi A. (co-last)
ISSN
0742-2822
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2004
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
21
Number
6
Pages
555-558
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Abstract
A 25-year-old male asylum-seeker presented with chest pain, exertional dyspnea, and orthopnea 20 years after the surgical repair of a pentalogy of Fallot. An extracardiac mass compressing the right ventricle was subsequently detected and surgical decompression was performed to relieve the resulting right intraventricular hypertension. At operation, the mass proved to be a coagulase-negative, staphylococcal abscess. In addition, the removal of the mass unmasked a previously nonrecognized pulmonary outflow stenosis that required balloon dilatation and beta-blocker therapy. While infections are known to occur after sternotomy, the formation of an abscess in the anterior mediastinum several years after the intervention appears to be exceptional; this diagnosis came to mind only after the more common complications had been considered, e.g., pseudoaneurysm or pericardial hematoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an abscess in the anterior mediastinum that had probably formed over many years following a sternotomy, compressed the right ventricle and masked a pulmonary stenosis.
Keywords
Abscess/complications, Abscess/therapy, Adult, Balloon Dilation, Chest Pain/etiology, Chest Pain/therapy, Echocardiography, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Heart Catheterization, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Postoperative Complications/etiology, Postoperative Complications/therapy, Reoperation, Staphylococcal Infections, Tetralogy of Fallot/surgery, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/etiology, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/therapy, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/etiology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/therapy, Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/etiology, Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/therapy
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11/04/2008 12:22
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22/07/2021 5:36
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