Bilateral and unilateral spontaneous massive hemothorax as a presenting manifestation of rare tumors

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 214-218

  Varsano, Shabtai ^a   Edelstein, Evgeny ^a   Gendel, Boris ^a   Smorzik, Joshua ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Chondroblastoma; Hemothorax, spontaneous; Lung; Pleura; Rib tumors

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; PROTEIN S100B; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHONDROBLASTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHONDROBLASTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RIBS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0038585183     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070072     Document Type: Article

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