Steffen Carolin, Sägmüller Josef, Schöneburg Dominique, Göncz Eva, Möckel Martin, Ott Sascha, Ungur Alexander Lavinius, O 'Brien Benjamin
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
J Med Case Rep. 2025 Jan 8;19(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13256-024-05014-z.
Purulent bacterial pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with mortality rates reaching 100% if left untreated.
We present the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian male patient who developed cardiac tamponade, most likely caused by a pyogenic liver abscess communicating with the pericardium. Treatment with antibiotics, extended sepsis therapy, and drainage of the abscess led to a full recovery.
This report describes a rare but potentially fatal differential diagnosis of aortic dissection and serves as a reminder that lives abscesses can manifest unexpectedly. Clinical signs and symptoms of tamponade can be mistaken as sepsis. In this particular case, the combination of a septic abscess and tamponade caused by pyopericardium posed a diagnostic challenge.
化脓性细菌性心包炎是一种潜在的致命疾病,若不治疗,死亡率可达100%。
我们报告一例33岁的白种男性患者,该患者发生了心脏压塞,很可能是由与心包相通的化脓性肝脓肿所致。抗生素治疗、延长的脓毒症治疗以及脓肿引流使患者完全康复。
本报告描述了一种罕见但可能致命的主动脉夹层鉴别诊断,并提醒人们肝脓肿可能会意外表现出来。心包填塞的临床体征和症状可能被误诊为脓毒症。在这个特殊病例中,由脓性心包炎引起的感染性脓肿和心包填塞的组合构成了诊断挑战。