title: Spontaneous haemothorax caused by costal exostosis.
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous haemothorax in a 19 year old boy with an exostosis of the left second rib. It may have been caused by nontraumatic rupture of markedly dilated pleural vessels, as a result of long-standing friction between the exostosis and the pleura. This is the first report of spontaneous haemothorax, without penetrative injury to the pleura or the diaphragm, in a patient with hereditary multiple exostosis.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respirology, Inada-Noborito Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyanaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000150:complications*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000098:blood supply; D011859:Radiography; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous