Spontaneous haemothorax: a cause of sudden death in von Recklinghausen's disease

Vasculopathy is a relatively frequent but poorly recognised manifestation of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. One of its more dramatic presentations is as spontaneous haemothorax. Clinicians and pathologists should be aware of this syndrome as a cause of sudden death in patients with neu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Postgraduate medical journal 1998-11, Vol.74 (877), p.679-681
Hauptverfasser:	Griffiths, A. P., White, J., Dawson, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Death, Sudden - etiology Female Hemothorax - etiology Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurofibromatosis 1 - complications Neurofibromatosis 1 - pathology Neurology Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Zusammenfassung:	Vasculopathy is a relatively frequent but poorly recognised manifestation of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. One of its more dramatic presentations is as spontaneous haemothorax. Clinicians and pathologists should be aware of this syndrome as a cause of sudden death in patients with neurofibromatosis.
ISSN:	0032-5473 1469-0756
DOI:	10.1136/pgmj.74.877.679