In a patient undergoing regular hemodialysis through an arteriovenous fistula access, pleural effusion is a known long term complication. However, a unilateral hemothorax is relatively uncommon. Here we report a 46 year old male, end-stage renal disease patient, on maintenance hemodialysis, who presented with a giant brachiocephalic AV fistula in his left arm and progressive breathlessness. Rad...

The percutaneous placement of a totally implantable vascular access port via the subclavian vein is commonly used in patients with a need for multiple intravenous infusions such as administration of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the use of central venous ports have been associated with adverse events that are hazardous to patients. Here we report the case of a 5-year-old child who died of catast...

Background. Penetrating injuries to the chest and in particular to the heart that results in pericardial tamponade and cardiac arrest requires immediate resuscitative thoracotomy as the only lifesaving technique and should be performed without delay. Objective. To describe an external cardiac tamponade caused by massive tension hemothorax from penetrating injury of the left internal mammary art...

background: neuroectodermal tumors (pnet) are malignant small cells neoplasm mainly occurring in children but can occur at any age. extensive bleeding into the pleural cavity is rare in children. hemothorax would be compatible with a variety of congenital anomalies including sequestration, patent ductus artreiosus, and pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. case report: a 2.5-years old girl who ...

We present a case of a poorly differentiated pseudomesotheliomatous carcinoma originating in the lung, which was manifested with the distinctly rare complication of massive true hemothorax and persistent blood loss that proved rapidly fatal in spite of surgery. Pseudomesotheliomatous carcinoma of the lung and neoplasia-associated hemothorax are reviewed and discussed.

Spontaneous hemothorax is an extremely rare complication of malignant disease. We describe the case of a 26-year-old man with spontaneous hemothorax secondary to large-cell carcinoma of the lung, with liver and bone metastases. The patient died in the fifth week after hospitalization.

The present work reviews the catamenial hemothorax and its relation to two potential clinical cases. Hemothorax is a condition usually associated to thoracic trauma, iatrogenesis, pneumothorax, and malignant or infectious pleural disease. Apart from these clinical entities, the presence of hemothorax is not frequent and its etiology is usually difficult to ascertain. Thoracic endometriosis is o...

Intercostal artery laceration is an unusual complication following thoracentesis, and has been reported only in elderly patients. We report a case of a 78-year-old man who developed a massive hemothorax following thoracentesis. Post-thoracentesis radiograph revealed a substantial increase in pleural fluid, and emergency chest tube insertion identified the hemothorax. He underwent right thoracot...

We report the rare case of delayed hemothorax (DHX) with an inferior phrenic artery (IPA) injury due to blunt thoracic trauma. Our case suggests that DHX almost always occurs early after injury, and endovascular treatment is an effective procedure for traumatic hemothorax including DHX.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Thoracic trauma is a notable cause of morbidity and mortality in American trauma centers, where 25% of traumatic deaths are related to injuries sustained within the thoracic cage.1 Chest injuries occur in 60% of polytrauma cases; therefore, a rough estimate of the occurrence of hemothorax related to trauma in the United States approaches 300,000 cases per year.2 The man...