Nishizawa Natsumasa, Osaki Toshihiro, Fukuichi Yukiko, Yasuda Manabu
Department of Chest Surgery, Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan.
J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Feb 21;2020(2):rjaa011. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa011. eCollection 2020 Feb.
Cardiac herniation is a fatal complication in patients undergoing pneumonectomy with pericardial resection. A 53-year-old man underwent right-sided extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. He underwent right-sided pericardial resection and reconstruction with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet. Routine chest radiography performed 18 h postoperatively revealed cardiac herniation into the right-sided thoracic cavity. The patient was immediately transferred to the operating room, and the defect was repaired. He died of tumor progression. However, cardiac herniation did not recur over 2 years postoperatively.
心脏疝是接受肺切除术并心包切除患者的一种致命并发症。一名53岁男性因恶性胸膜间皮瘤接受了右侧胸膜外肺切除术。他接受了右侧心包切除并用膨体聚四氟乙烯片进行重建。术后18小时进行的常规胸部X线检查显示心脏疝入右侧胸腔。患者立即被转至手术室,缺损得以修复。他死于肿瘤进展。然而,术后2年心脏疝未复发。