Abstract
We describe the case of a 64-year-old patient admitted to our hospital because of syncope and suspicion of cardiac tamponade. At admission he had temporary alteration of conscience with clinical evidence of sepsis without chest pain. There was a mild pericardial effusion in absence of clinical and echocardiographic signs of cardiac tamponade. About 36 hours later we found evidence of an aortic dissection and in the blood culture an isolation of Clostridium fallax that we consider the probable cause of this lesion.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aortic Aneurysm / blood
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Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis*
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Aortic Aneurysm / microbiology*
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Aortic Dissection / blood
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Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
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Aortic Dissection / microbiology*
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Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
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Clostridium Infections / blood
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Clostridium Infections / complications
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Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
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Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Electrocardiography
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Syncope / microbiology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed