Dissection and rupture of the left subclavian artery presenting as hemothorax in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease.
Hemothorax is a rare and life-threatening complication of von Recklinghausen's disease. We present a case of a 48-year-old man with this disease who developed hemothorax caused by rupture of a left subclavian artery dissection. To our knowledge, the case presented here is the first to describe successful surgical management--graft replacement of the left subclavian artery--in hemothorax due to arterial dissection associated with von Recklinghausen's disease.
Yoshida
Kazunori
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan.
Tobe
Satoshi
S
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013348:Subclavian Artery