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Renzo Cifuentes
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Infected Chylopericardium: An Unexpected Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
Renzo Cifuentes
and 5 more
September 16, 2022
A 22-year-old immunocompetent female with a history of small pericardial effusion while infant presented with fever and hemodynamic collapse four days after facial trauma. She was found to have cardiac tamponade secondary to infected chylopericardium from bacterial translocation. We report this very unusual case and review of the literature on chylopericardium infections.