Hemothorax: an unusual complication of costal exostosis

We report a case of a spontaneous hemothorax in a 15-year-old girl because of costal exostosis. This possibly may have been provoked by a nontraumatic rupture of markedly dilated pleural vessels because of long-standing friction between the exostosis and the pleura. The authors conclude that exostos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of pediatric surgery 2005-11, Vol.40 (11), p.e55-e57
Hauptverfasser:	Pham-Duc, Mai Linh, Reix, Philippe, Mure, Pierre-Yves, Pracros, Jean-Pierre, Moreux, Nathalie, Bellon, Gabriel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Bone Neoplasms - complications Bone Neoplasms - surgery Female Hemothorax - etiology Humans Osteochondroma - complications Osteochondroma - surgery Pleura - pathology Ribs - pathology Rupture
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