Shiota S, Nakaya Y, Sakamoto K, Iwase A, Aoki S, Matsuoka R, Shimizu S
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo.
Intern Med. 1999 Sep;38(9):726-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.726.
Spontaneous hemothorax in a 20-year-old boy was caused by rupture of an immature teratoma of the mediastinum. The tumor bled spontaneously into the right pleural space. This life-threatening complication necessitated emergency surgery. The unusual cause and the interesting clinical course of spontaneous hemothorax are described.
一名20岁男孩的自发性血胸是由纵隔未成熟畸胎瘤破裂所致。肿瘤自发性出血进入右侧胸腔。这种危及生命的并发症需要紧急手术。本文描述了自发性血胸这一不寻常的病因及有趣的临床过程。