title: Congenital aberrant vessel as a source of massive hemothorax in blunt trauma.
abstract: A congenital aberrant vessel in the pleural cavity has rarely been described in the literature. It has been known to be a source of bleeding in spontaneous hemopneumothorax. As a result of the lack of pleural adhesions around the vessel, a congenital aberrant vessel is prone to deceleration injury. This is a case of massive hemothorax caused by a ruptured aberrant congenital vessel in a blunt trauma victim who sustained a two meter fall.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. heartlung@gmail.com
authors.forename: S-M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y-T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kwak
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000098:blood supply*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery