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1. The patient presented with blunt chest trauma after falling from a zip line and landing on his left chest. Initial CT showed rib fractures and hemothorax requiring chest tube drainage. 2. Over a week later, the patient developed progressive dyspnea due to delayed cardiac tamponade from a displaced left 4th costal cartilage irritating the pericardium. 3. Treatment for the cardiac tamponade included pericardiocentesis, pericardial window, and excision of the displaced costal cartilage. This case demonst
- Author
- ISFAHAN MASULOT
- Language
- EN