Citation

Esfahani SA, Yousefzadeh DK. Pediatr. Cardiol. 2013; 34(8): 2044-2046.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00246-012-0596-x

PMID

23184019

Abstract

This report describes a case of pericardial tamponade in a 6-year-old boy due to a penetrating projectile coat hunger wire propelled by a lawnmower. A dismissible dermal injury at the entry point and a normal initial cardiopericardial silhouette are reported. The report issues a new warning to be added to the warnings already listed in lawnmower manuals.

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