title: Giant extrathoracic hematoma after thoracoplasty--a case report.
abstract: A rare case of an extrathoracic giant hematoma developing after a thoracoplasty in a 67 year old man is presented herein. The patient underwent a right thoracoplasty without removal of plombage and a left thoracoplasty with removal of plombage for tuberculosis of the bilateral upper lobes 27 and 24 years prior to presentation, respectively. He presented to us in May, 1987, with a subscapular tumor which had been growing over the last 5 years. A giant tumor, measuring 23 x 17 x 12 cm and weighing 2585 g was successfully removed and the patient has since been well without any evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Fukuoka Central Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtsu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motohiro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000601:surgery*