title: Exostosis of a rib causing laceration of the diaphragm: diagnosis and management.
abstract: A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eighth reported case of an exostosis causing hemothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Simansky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Werczberger
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bar Ziv
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yellin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012272:Ribs; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014741:Video Recording