title: Mediastinal mass with right pleural effusion.
abstract: We have described the case of a 65-year-old man who had a right hemothorax from rupture of an aneurysm of the ascending thoracic aorta and survived. This type of subacute presentation with survival of the patient has not been documented previously in contemporary medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Ga.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kimmerling
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tenholder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed