[Spontaneous hemothorax from a fibrous pleural tumour in an expectant father. Is the delivery room a dangerous place for men?].
A 34-year-old male was admitted to our department with dyspnoea and severe pain in the left hemithorax. The symptoms had started suddenly three days before in the delivery room when his child was being born. An X-ray of the chest showed a tumour in the left side of the mediastinum and a large left pleural effusion. This was confirmed by CT, which revealed a round mass 11 cm in diameter. During the operation a benign solitary fibrous tumour was radically resected from the pleura and a large hemothorax was removed. This unusual presentation with severe bleeding from a pleural tumour was most probably initiated by the expectant father's excitement during his wife's labour.
Kristensen
Peter Lommer
PL
Nordsjaellands Hospital-Hillerød. lommer@dadlnet.dk
Petersen
René Horsleben
RH
Hansen
Per Boye
PB
D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004644:Emotions; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors