Ruptured internal mammary artery aneurysm presenting as massive spontaneous haemothorax in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-211

  Phan, T G ^a   Sakulsaengprapha, A ^a   Wilson, M ^a   Wing, R ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE;

EID: 0031960992     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02972.x     Document Type: Article

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