title: [Rupture of the intra-abdominal spleen as a cause of hemothorax].
abstract: We report a case of a 17-year-old patient with an haemothorax related to an intra-abdominal spleen rupture. The nature of this haemothorax is unusual and the problem is how to obtain the etiology in this case. The spleen was in intra-abdominal position on all radiological examinations and was the source of bleeding. Therefore, laparotomy is the only convenient therapy.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale d'urgence, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lansiaux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allaouchiche
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grüner
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Motin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery