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Traumatic hemothorax is usually caused by thoracic organ damage. Cases of atypical bleeding sources may be difficult to diagnose. Here we present two surgical cases of vertebral fracture that caused hemothorax.
Keigo Okamoto +2 more
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Fatal Tension Hemothorax Combined with Exanguination: A Rare Complication of Neurofibromatosis [PDF]
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a common autosomal dominant disorder that can be subdivided into type 1, type 2, and schwannomatosis. Patients with NF1 typically develop café-au-lait spots, scoliosis, and benign neurofibromas.
Bidad, Roz, Blohm, Eike, Hall, Caroline
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A case of mediastinitis causing massive hemothorax [PDF]
Sercan Aydın +3 more
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Pancreatic Pseudocyst With Thoracic Extension: A Clinicoradiological Case Report
CECT sagittal view shows an enlarged, heterogeneously enhancing pancreas with a peripancreatic collection extending into the posterior mediastinum and compressing the esophagus with massive right pleural fluid noted. ABSTRACT Pancreatic pseudocysts are encapsulated, enzyme‐rich peripancreatic fluid collections that typically develop following acute or ...
Sachchu Thapa +7 more
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Analysis of surgical complications after 397 hepatic transplantations [PDF]
The results of 397 consecutive orthotopic hepatic transplantations in 333 recipients were reviewed. One or more surgical complications developed in 172 of 323 patients (55 per cent), excluding ten intraoperative deaths. The six month mortality rate among
Gordon, RD +9 more
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Medium to long-term outcome of thoracoscapular arthrodesis with screw fixation for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Background: Shoulder girdle muscle weakness is the most constant feature of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and leads to scapular winging. Mechanical fixation of the scapula to the thoracic wall provides a stable fulcrum on which the deltoid ...
Atoun, Ehud +5 more
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Children living in conflict or post‐conflict zones are frequently exposed to explosive injuries, with thousands killed and injured every year. The clinical practice guideline from the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) group provides a review of current best practice for the resuscitation of a child who has sustained a blast injury in ...
Gavin Wooldridge +6 more
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Delayed-Onset Hemothorax Following Cough-Induced Rib Fracture
Hemothorax, the accumulation of blood in the pleural space, is most frequently linked to chest trauma but can occasionally result from nontraumatic causes such as persistent or forceful coughing.
Katrina Villegas MD +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Continuous regional anesthesia (CRA) techniques are used for analgesia in patients with acute rib fractures. However, there is a paucity of evidence supporting the initiation of CRA in patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV). We therefore performed this retrospective study to assess changes in opioid consumption and the rate ...
Howard Meng +5 more
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Pulmonary spindle cell carcinoma presenting with hemothorax
Spontaneous hemothorax is less common. We report the case of an 83-year-old woman with spontaneous hemothorax caused by lung cancer with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis. She presented with chest pain and hemoptysis. Computed tomography revealed a tumor in
Yoko Kataoka +4 more
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