title: Life-threatening hemothorax due to azygos vein rupture after chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
abstract: Hemothorax is not an uncommon cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR)–related complication. But hemothorax related to azygos vein injury (AVI) is a rare condition following blunt chest trauma, with no report of CPR-related AVI in the literature. We present a case of azygosve in rupture in a middle-aged woman after repeated chest compression during 1 hour of CPR. She eventually presented with massive hemothorax due to azygos vein rupture diagnosed by computed tomography (CT). When faced with a patient with massive hemothorax after chest compression, azygos vein rupture should be considered as a complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Euiseok
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: WonJoon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: JunWan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: emfire@cnuh.co.kr.
authors.forename: SeungWhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006336:Heart Massage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture