Exostosis of a Rib Causing Laceration of the Diaphragm: Diagnosis and Management

A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eig...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1997-03, Vol.63 (3), p.856-857
Hauptverfasser:	Simansky, David A, Paley, Michael, Werczberger, Arye, Bar Ziv, Yaakov, Yellin, Alon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Diaphragm - injuries Diseases of the osteoarticular system Endoscopy Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary - complications Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary - diagnostic imaging familial exostosis Hemothorax - diagnostic imaging Hemothorax - etiology Hemothorax - surgery Humans Male Medical sciences Ribs spontaneous hemothorax Thoracoscopy Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton VATS
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Zusammenfassung:	A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eighth reported case of an exostosis causing hemothorax.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01269-6