Spontaneous Right Hemothorax in the Elderly

Rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life threatening condition. Rupture in the right pleural cavity is extremely rare. We report the case of an 80-year-old man with a spontaneous right hemothorax. Diagnosis was made by computed tomography (CT) scan. He was managed with chest tube and stabilizat...

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Autores principales: Aouadi, Samira, Sebai, Asma, Gharsalli, Houda, Zribi, Hazem, Neji, Henda, Maâlej, Sonia, Douik El Gharbi, Leila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403181
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author Aouadi, Samira
Sebai, Asma
Gharsalli, Houda
Zribi, Hazem
Neji, Henda
Maâlej, Sonia
Douik El Gharbi, Leila
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Sebai, Asma
Gharsalli, Houda
Zribi, Hazem
Neji, Henda
Maâlej, Sonia
Douik El Gharbi, Leila
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description Rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life threatening condition. Rupture in the right pleural cavity is extremely rare. We report the case of an 80-year-old man with a spontaneous right hemothorax. Diagnosis was made by computed tomography (CT) scan. He was managed with chest tube and stabilization. The patient died before any surgical intervention. We report this case to emphasize that rupture of aortic aneurysm should be considered in the evaluation of spontaneous hemothorax even if it is right-sided particularly in the elderly. Emergent therapy is necessary to prevent mortality.
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spelling pubmed-49377642016-07-11 Spontaneous Right Hemothorax in the Elderly Aouadi, Samira Sebai, Asma Gharsalli, Houda Zribi, Hazem Neji, Henda Maâlej, Sonia Douik El Gharbi, Leila Tanaffos Case Report Rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life threatening condition. Rupture in the right pleural cavity is extremely rare. We report the case of an 80-year-old man with a spontaneous right hemothorax. Diagnosis was made by computed tomography (CT) scan. He was managed with chest tube and stabilization. The patient died before any surgical intervention. We report this case to emphasize that rupture of aortic aneurysm should be considered in the evaluation of spontaneous hemothorax even if it is right-sided particularly in the elderly. Emergent therapy is necessary to prevent mortality. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4937764/ /pubmed/27403181 Text en Copyright© 2016 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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