BMJ case reports.
Publisher:
BMJ Pub. Group
Country: England
Language: English
Start Year:2008 -
ISSN:
1757-790X (Electronic)
1757-790X (Linking)
1757-790X (Linking)
Impact Factor
0.9
2022
| NLM ID: | 101526291 |
| (OCoLC): | 646816016 |
| LCCN: | 2010243558 |
Traumatic avulsion of the tricuspid valve: an unusual cardiac complication of an equine accident. A stablehand in his 20s presented with increasing dyspnoea on exertion and chest pain months after being kicked directly in the chest by a horse. Further investigations revealed severe isolated, primary tricuspid regurgitation due to partial avulsion of the anterior leaflet. Open surgical repair was successfully performed from which he recovered uneventfully with resolution of his symptoms and minimal residual tricuspid regurgitation. Although uncommon, blunt force trauma to the chest is becoming increasingly recognised as a rare cause of tricuspid regurgitation. Symptoms may be insidious, and...
Needlestick and infection with horse vaccine. This report describes a case of accidental needlestick injury involving a live equine vaccination, Equilis StrepE. A vet presented herself to the Emergency Department having accidentally injected herself with an equine vaccination. Her left thumb (injury site) was inflamed and had lymphangitis progressing proximally along her left arm. Her inflammatory markers were not raised. The swelling, erythma and lymphangitis had improved markedly with intravenous antibiotics. She had no sequelae at follow-up. Equilis StrepE is a vaccine for submucosal administration containing a modified live avirulent ...