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Satarupa Mukherjee1, Krupanandan Ravikumar2, Sudeep K Kapalavai2
1Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract:
A 7-year-old boy was admitted with a history of cough and tachypnea for 1 day. There was a history of a fall from a motorcycle with some abrasions over the left arm. The child was found to have tachypnea and tachycardia and was started on noninvasive ventilation. Auscultation revealed a pansystolic murmur over the precordium. Chest X-ray revealed unilateral pulmonary edema on the right side. Echocardiography showed severe mitral regurgitation (MR) with the tear of the anterior leaflet. The child improved with diuretics and supportive care. After 3 months, he underwent surgical repair of the mitral valve. Traumatic mitral valve tear is quite rare in children. Unilateral pulmonary edema is a feature of MR with eccentric jet and is frequently misinterpreted. How to cite this article: Mukherjee S, Ravikumar K, Kapalavai SK, Ramachandran B. A Child with Unilateral Pulmonary Edema due to Mitral Valve Rupture Following Blunt Trauma. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021; 25(6):729-731.
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