Tétano acidental. relato de complicação incomum: fratura-luxação do esterno e compressão da artéria pulmonar

Abstract

We report on a bad case of generalized tetanus sith the following complications: trombophlebitis, septicemia, frequent crisis of apnea, multipie fractures of dorsal vertebral and sternal fracture luxation. Radiographia and phonocardiographia studies on this patient shosed pulmonary artery compression in its origin caused by sternal fragments.