Effusion into the Pericardium in Strangulation
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Pericardial rupture from blunt chest trauma.
Borme, J. and Lichter, I. (1974). Thorax, 29, 329-337. Pericardial rupture from blunt chest trauma. Pericardial rupture may occur in two distinct anatomical sites, namely the diaphragmatic pericardium and the pleuropericardium. They may be combined. The problems in each type are different. In ruptured diaphragmatic pericardium the rent may involve the pericardial cavity alone, or may extend int...
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