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case_images: (A, B) Median sternal incision scar and epidermal peeling with a sharp cut end of a sternal approximately 3 mm (0.12 inch) protruding into the chest hair(arrow).
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case_images: On careful observation of the patient's chest, we identified a median sternal incision scar and epidermal peeling with a sharp cut end of a sternal wire approximately 3 mm (0.12 inch) protruding into the chest hair (Figure 1A,B).
case_images: The chest radiographs show decreased permeability in the left lung and sternal wires.
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case_images: We diagnosed aortic rapture as the cause of the cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA), because the radiographs showed a massive haemothorax (Figure 2).