EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

The intra-pericardial rupture of the superior vena cava due to blunt thoracic trauma is a rare and life-threatening situation. It that has to be searched for signs of cardiac tamponade; with of blunt chest trauma history. We report the case of a superior vena cava laceration caused by road traffic accident in a 32 year-old patient revealed by cardiac tamponade. We focus on the need of urgent surgical exploration in all patients whose condition is unstable in the setting of blunt chest trauma.

Keywords: Blunt Trauma; Laceration; Tamponade; Superior Vena Cava

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