Professional accountability in a sternal bone marrow aspiration: a forensic case report.
Sternal bone marrow aspiration
aortic injury
liability
malpractice
pericardial tamponade
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
22
11
2019
accepted:
11
04
2020
entrez:
5
10
2020
pubmed:
6
10
2020
medline:
7
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
An aortic injury with concomitant pericardial tamponade caused by sternal bone marrow aspiration is rare. We report a case of fatal sternal bone marrow aspiration performed to a 73 year old man for the purpose of confirming the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. This puncture was followed by an injury in the aorta causing a pericardial tamponade and the death of the patient immediately after the aspiration. This paper stresses the precautions to be taken, by the operator, in certain particular situations that make the sternal bone marrow aspiration difficult and risky, and discusses the different types of operator´s liability that can be involved and their foundations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33014251
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.255.21058
pii: PAMJ-36-255
pmc: PMC7519791
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
255Informations de copyright
Copyright: Sami Bardaa et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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