Chronic expanding hematoma in the chest.
We herein report the successful surgical treatment of 2 cases of chronic expanding hematoma in the chest. The first patient, who had undergone thoracoplasty 42 years earlier due to tuberculosis, became aware of a slowly growing mass protruding in the lateral thoracic wall. The second patient, who had tuberculous pleurisy 36 years earlier, was referred to our department because of a slowly expanding intrathoracic mass revealed by a roentgenogram. The tumors, which were encapsulated chronic hematomas, were both surgically resected. These cases are rare because of the development of a very large mass after undergoing treatment for tuberculosis more than 30 years previously.
Hanagiri
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T
Department of Chest Surgery, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Japan.
Muranaka
H
H
Hashimoto
M
M
Nishio
T
T
Sakai
S
S
Ono
M
M
Toyoshima
S
S
Nagashima
A
A
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy