Spontaneous hemothorax secondary to immature teratoma of the mediastinum.
Spontaneous hemothorax in a 20-year-old boy was caused by rupture of an immature teratoma of the mediastinum. The tumor bled spontaneously into the right pleural space. This life-threatening complication necessitated emergency surgery. The unusual cause and the interesting clinical course of spontaneous hemothorax are described.
Shiota
S
S
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo.
Nakaya
Y
Y
Sakamoto
K
K
Iwase
A
A
Aoki
S
S
Matsuoka
R
R
Shimizu
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed