Fatal right spontaneous haemothorax in Von Recklinghausen's disease

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-37

  Baldo X ^a   Ortiz, M R ^a   Sebastian F ^a   Bernado L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Massive haemothorax; Von Recklinghausen's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0344420015     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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