Spontaneous hemothorax in patients with von Recklinghausen's disease

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 649-652

  Miura, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Yozo ^a   Chujo, Masao ^a   Miyawaki, Michiyo ^a   Mori, Hiromu ^a   Kawahara, Katsunobu ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spontaneous hemothorax; Type I neurofibromatosis; Von Recklinghausen's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PLEURA TUMOR; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; THORACOTOMY; TUBE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344453622     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02665078     Document Type: Article

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