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Spontaneous hemothorax in a hemodialysis patient
Pediatric Nephrology, 1998An 8-year-old girl who had undergone chronic hemodialysis for 1 year presented with respiratory distress 24 h after a hemodialysis session. She had a massive pleural effusion of the left chest that was shown to be hemothorax by thoracentesis. After chest tube insertion, drainage was maintained for 2 days.
B, Varan +3 more
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Idiopathic Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax: Adhesion Disruption
World Journal of Surgery, 2009AbstractBackgroundHemothorax has been reported to occur along with spontaneous pneumothorax due to adhesion disruption. Rupture of pleural adhesions spontaneously or after unnoticeable trivial trauma causing massive hemothorax alone is rare.MethodsWe present a series of seven cases of idiopathic massive spontaneous hemothorax due to adhesion disruption,
Shyam, Singh +6 more
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Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax
Archives of Surgery, 1979Spontaneous hemothorax is uncommon. Known causes include tumor, anticoagulant therapy, arteriovenous malformations, pulmonary emboli, and tuberculosis. Spontaneous hemothorax is usually associated with spontaneous pneumothorax, although it may be isolated. 1 Massive bleeding is rare. The case presented here shows two unusual features.
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Spontaneous thymic cyst hemorrhage causing hemothorax
The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003The case describes a 56-year-old man who had thymic cyst hemorrhage, followed by right hemothorax. There was a high possibility that his accompanying disease, an alteration in hemostasis due to alcoholic liver cirrhosis and hypertension, would induce thymic cyst hemorrhage.
Kiyoshi, Ohno +3 more
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Pulmonary Angiosarcoma Presenting as Spontaneous Recurrent Hemothorax
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 2009An incidental diagnosis of pulmonary angiosarcoma was made after surgical exploration for repeated episodes of bleeding in an 85-year-old woman. Spontaneous hemothorax is uncommon and deserves detailed investigation.
Campione A. +5 more
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Spontaneous Hemothorax Following Cardiac Surgery
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2016We report a case of spontaneous hemothorax after aortic valve replacement in a 72-year-old female resulting from rupture of a pleural adhesion leading to hemodynamic instability. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12729 (J Card Surg 2016;31:211-213).
Anupama Barua +3 more
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Hemangiopericytoma of the mediastinum causing spontaneous hemothorax
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1994Mediastinal tumors rarely cause spontaneous hemothorax. We report a case of right-sided hemothorax that occurred in a 37-year-old woman with a hemangiopericytoma in the posterior portion of the superior mediastinum.
M, Mori, N, Nakanishi, K, Furuya
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Spontaneous Hemothorax Caused by Intrathoracic Synovial Sarcoma
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006Synovial sarcoma, which is a soft tissue malignancy, primarily affects the extremities in the para-articular regions in adolescents and young adults. Synovial sarcoma of the pleural cavity is extremely uncommon, and there have been only a few reports in the literature.
Hiroyuki, Sakurai +5 more
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