Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection

Hemothorax is a rare but potentially fatal postthoracentesis complication. Early clinical signs may be nonspecific resulting in diagnostic delay. A high index of suspicion is vital for early diagnosis and intervention to avoid further bleeding. Following procedure, early bedside ultrasound findings...

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Autores principales: Mansour, Wissam, Samaha, Ghassan, El Bitar, Sandy, Esper, Ziad, Maroun, Rabih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6491083
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author Mansour, Wissam
Samaha, Ghassan
El Bitar, Sandy
Esper, Ziad
Maroun, Rabih
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Samaha, Ghassan
El Bitar, Sandy
Esper, Ziad
Maroun, Rabih
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description Hemothorax is a rare but potentially fatal postthoracentesis complication. Early clinical signs may be nonspecific resulting in diagnostic delay. A high index of suspicion is vital for early diagnosis and intervention to avoid further bleeding. Following procedure, early bedside ultrasound findings can be vital for early detection. We report a case of massive hemothorax in a 63-year-old male following therapeutic thoracentesis. Diagnosis was made following highly suggestive sonographic findings prompting thoracotomy and lacerated intercostal artery cauterization.
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spelling pubmed-55586382017-08-22 Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection Mansour, Wissam Samaha, Ghassan El Bitar, Sandy Esper, Ziad Maroun, Rabih Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Hemothorax is a rare but potentially fatal postthoracentesis complication. Early clinical signs may be nonspecific resulting in diagnostic delay. A high index of suspicion is vital for early diagnosis and intervention to avoid further bleeding. Following procedure, early bedside ultrasound findings can be vital for early detection. We report a case of massive hemothorax in a 63-year-old male following therapeutic thoracentesis. Diagnosis was made following highly suggestive sonographic findings prompting thoracotomy and lacerated intercostal artery cauterization. Hindawi 2017 2017-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5558638/ /pubmed/28831322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6491083 Text en Copyright © 2017 Wissam Mansour et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mansour, Wissam
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Esper, Ziad
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Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title_full Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title_fullStr Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title_full_unstemmed Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title_short Intercostal Artery Laceration: Rare Complication of Thoracentesis and Role of Ultrasound in Early Detection
title_sort intercostal artery laceration: rare complication of thoracentesis and role of ultrasound in early detection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6491083
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