title: Hemothorax in type I neurofibromatosis.
abstract: We report a case of life-threatening hemothorax caused by rupture of a left thyrocervical trunk aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula in a patient with type I neurofibromatosis. This lesion was treated with endovascular coil embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. teitelba@uscuh.hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hurvitz
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Esrig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*