Hemothorax and hemopericardium in a patient with Bean's blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome.
A patient with Bean's blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome presented with a hemothorax, and 18 years earlier had presented with "idiopathic" hemopercardium and tamponade. Typical hemangiomas were found in the pleura and skin. This is the first report of intrathoracic bleeding with this disorder.
Langleben
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Division of Cardiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
Wolkove
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Srolovitz
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Billick
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Sheiner
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D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology