The Pathogenesis of Spontaneous Cardiac Rupture

The pathogeneis of spontaneous cardiac rupture.

Spontaneous rupture of a right atrial angiosarcoma and cardiac tamponade.

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare disease of difficult diagnosis and poor prognosis frequently associated with recurring hemopericardium. We report the case of a 30-year-old female with a right atrial angiosarcoma and spontaneous rupture to the pericardial cavity, who was diagnosed during an emergency exploratory thoracotomy, whose indication was cardiac tamponade. This is the 8th case rep...

[Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus].

Two cases of spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus are described, one of which was a rare middle third tear.The possible aetiological factors are reviewed and the problems of diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

'Spontaneous' rupture of the diaphragm.

A case of 'spontaneous' rupture of the diaphragm with herniation and strangulation of the stomach is reported. The diagnosis was made by endoscopy and repair achieved via laparotomy. The patient has made a full recovery.

Spontaneous Rupture of the Pharynx.

The patient was an obese housewife aged 50 years. The day her pharynx ruptured, her lunch consisted of chips and gravy followed by a steamed fruit pudding which she had made herself. To use her own words, she 'swallowed a mouthful of pudding unexpectedly'. The pudding seemed to stick in her throat and she was immediately seized with intense pain on the left side of the neck. She was at once awa...