title: Spontaneous hemothorax secondary to immature teratoma of the mediastinum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: 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