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A very thick-walled, pus-filled abscesses forms around the points of penetration, which may be multiple.
A very thick-walled, pus-filled abscesses forms around the points of penetration, which may be multiple.
The foreign object may be found in one of these abscesses, or free in the reticular lumen
The foreign object may be found in one of these abscesses, or free in the reticular lumen.
If the pericardium is penetrated it becomes thickened with oedema, and purulent fluid containing fibrin clots accumulates in the sac giving a “bread and butter heart” which is classical traumatic reticulitis.
If the pericardium is penetrated it becomes thickened with oedema, and purulent fluid containing fibrin clots accumulates in the sac giving a “bread and butter heart” which is classical traumatic reticulitis.