[Injury of pulmonary artery and intrathoracic artery--a surgical case report].
The patient was a 52-year-old man. Tube drainage was performed to the right traumatic hemothorax. Then, 2,000 ml of blood flowed out and bleeding stopped for a time. Four hours later after injury, massive bleeding occurred again. So emergency thoracotomy was performed and we found a laceration in the main pulmonary artery and injury of intrathoracic artery. Pulmonary artery disruption from blunt chest trauma is rare. Further discussion was made by reviewing the related literature.
Ohta
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Y
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Satoh
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H
Seki
M
M
Endoh
Y
Y
Tsubota
M
M
Iwa
T
T
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D004630:Emergencies; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000293:injuries*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*