Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery

Vol.9 No.2(2019), Paper ID 94435, 8 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojts.2019.92002

 

Blunt Traumatic Pericardial Rupture with Traumatic Amaurosis Fugax Presenting as Massive Haemothorax: A Conundrum?

 

Isaac Okyere, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Perditer Okyere

 

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

 

Copyright © 2019 Isaac Okyere, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Perditer Okyere et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Okyere, I. , Brenu, S. and Okyere, P. (2019) Blunt Traumatic Pericardial Rupture with Traumatic Amaurosis Fugax Presenting as Massive Haemothorax: A Conundrum?. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 9, 9-16. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2019.92002.

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