Rupture of heart with all layers after a massive blunt thoracic trauma without any lesion on the bones: a case report

Our case is a male student which was dead because of traffic accident as passenger in October, 01, 2007. His heart was found to be lacerated and ruptured horizontally from atrio-ventricular region through all layer of the wall at autopsy. There were not any changes of skeletal system. Our case is considered as a rare and interesting case because there was no lesion on the bones, though the case was exposed to so massive trauma that cause rupture of heart from all layers.

Aðýr derecede künt göðüs travmasý sonrasý herhangi bir kemik lezyonu olmaksýzýn kalbin tam kat yýrtýlmasý: Olgu sunumu

Trafik kazasý sonucu olay yerinde hayatýný kaybeden yolcu, 18 yaþýnda, erkek, üniversite öðrencisidir. 01.10.2007 tarihinde yapýlan otopsisinde kalbin atrio-ventriküler bölgeden yatay olarak tam kat yýrtýlmýþ ve kopmuþ olduðu saptandý, iskelet sisteminde herhangi bir lezyon yoktu. Bu olgu kalpte tam kat yýrtýlmaya neden olabilecek derecede aðýr bir travmaya maruz kalmasýna raðmen hiçbir kemik lezyonu olmamasý açýsýndan nadir olgu olarak deðerlendirildi.