Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk

We report the case of a 36-year-old woman suffering from liver injury caused by the malfunction of a whipped cream siphon. When this patient handled the whipped cream siphon, the screwed metallic upper part of the siphon was suddenly dissociated from its base and came violently striking her right hy...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jeremy Bourenne, Béatrice Eon, Fouad Bouzana, Dominique Lambert, Estelle Jean, Pierre Michelet, Marc Gainnier
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/213039

id	doaj-0f8ebaa8d1f442fb9ffe8ec4803c784d
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-0f8ebaa8d1f442fb9ffe8ec4803c784d2020-11-24T22:26:30ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64202090-64392015-01-01201510.1155/2015/213039213039Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without RiskJeremy Bourenne0Béatrice Eon1Fouad Bouzana2Dominique Lambert3Estelle Jean4Pierre Michelet5Marc Gainnier6Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceReanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceReanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceReanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceReanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceService d’Accueil des Urgences, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceReanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, FranceWe report the case of a 36-year-old woman suffering from liver injury caused by the malfunction of a whipped cream siphon. When this patient handled the whipped cream siphon, the screwed metallic upper part of the siphon was suddenly dissociated from its base and came violently striking her right hypochondrium. At first, the severity of injury was underestimated. Subsequently, due to the persistence of pain experienced by the patient, an abdominal CT scan was performed. It highlighted a severe liver injury with rupture of a branch of the hepatic artery. The evolution was favorable after completion of an embolization and a secondary capsular rupture.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/213039
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Jeremy Bourenne Béatrice Eon Fouad Bouzana Dominique Lambert Estelle Jean Pierre Michelet Marc Gainnier
spellingShingle	Jeremy Bourenne Béatrice Eon Fouad Bouzana Dominique Lambert Estelle Jean Pierre Michelet Marc Gainnier Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk Case Reports in Critical Care
author_facet	Jeremy Bourenne Béatrice Eon Fouad Bouzana Dominique Lambert Estelle Jean Pierre Michelet Marc Gainnier
author_sort	Jeremy Bourenne
title	Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk
title_short	Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk
title_full	Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk
title_fullStr	Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk
title_full_unstemmed	Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk
title_sort	liver trauma in the kitchen: preparing whipped cream with a siphon is not without risk
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Critical Care
issn	2090-6420 2090-6439
publishDate	2015-01-01
description	We report the case of a 36-year-old woman suffering from liver injury caused by the malfunction of a whipped cream siphon. When this patient handled the whipped cream siphon, the screwed metallic upper part of the siphon was suddenly dissociated from its base and came violently striking her right hypochondrium. At first, the severity of injury was underestimated. Subsequently, due to the persistence of pain experienced by the patient, an abdominal CT scan was performed. It highlighted a severe liver injury with rupture of a branch of the hepatic artery. The evolution was favorable after completion of an embolization and a secondary capsular rupture.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/213039
work_keys_str_mv	AT jeremybourenne livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT beatriceeon livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT fouadbouzana livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT dominiquelambert livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT estellejean livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT pierremichelet livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk AT marcgainnier livertraumainthekitchenpreparingwhippedcreamwithasiphonisnotwithoutrisk
_version_	1725753265468997632

Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk

Similar Items