title: Spontaneous massive hemothorax secondary to chest wall chondrosarcoma: a case report.
abstract: We present the case of a 30-year-old man with no past history of disease or recent trauma, who was seen in the emergency room after developing sharp pain in the left hemithorax. Chest roentgenogram showed costopherenic angle blunting and an oval mass in the left mediastinum. A computed tomographic scan showed extrapleural mass with coarse calcifications and pleural effusion, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The tumor was biopsied and removed during thoracotomy. The pathology reported revealed chondrosarcoma, which is a rare cause for a spontaneous massive hemothorax. Invasion of the intercostals vessels by the tumor was the probable cause of hemothorax in this patient.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University, West Azerbaijan, Iran. medman11@gmail.com
authors: Mohammad Ghasemi
authors: MG
authors: Rad
authors: Rahim
authors: R
authors: Mahmodlou
authors: Afshin
authors: A
authors: Mohammadi
authors: Nikol
authors: N
authors: Mladkova
authors: Farahnaz
authors: F
authors: Noorozinia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D016896:Treatment Outcome