TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous hemothorax caused by a chest wall chondrosarcoma
AU - Karlawish, Jason H.T.
AU - Smith, Gardner W.
AU - Gabrielson, Edward W.
AU - Liu, Mark C.
PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - A 48-year-old man who presented with chest pain was found to have a spontaneous hemothorax caused by a large grade II chondrosarcoma. This was diagnosed on the basis of the findings from thoracotomy. After chest tube drainage of the hemothorax, the tissue obtained by two computed tomography-guided biopsies of a residual mass did not yield findings that allowed diagnosis of the tumor. This unusual case illustrates the importance of a systematic workup whenever a spontaneous hemothorax is encountered.
AB - A 48-year-old man who presented with chest pain was found to have a spontaneous hemothorax caused by a large grade II chondrosarcoma. This was diagnosed on the basis of the findings from thoracotomy. After chest tube drainage of the hemothorax, the tissue obtained by two computed tomography-guided biopsies of a residual mass did not yield findings that allowed diagnosis of the tumor. This unusual case illustrates the importance of a systematic workup whenever a spontaneous hemothorax is encountered.
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)00331-Z
DO - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)00331-Z
M3 - Article
C2 - 7818336
AN - SCOPUS:0028798237
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 59
SP - 231
EP - 233
JO - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JF - The Annals of thoracic surgery
IS - 1
ER -