title: [Traumatic hemothorax treated with transcatheter arterial embolization].
abstract: A 33-year-old man was transported to our hospital following a traffic accident. He was found to have hemopneumothorax, multiple rib fractures and lung injury by computed tomography(CT). Despite thoracic drainage and fluid resuscitation, he became hemodynamically unstable. At 2 hours after arrival, CT revealed worsening in hemothorax. Emergency angiography of intercostal arteries showed signs of hemorrhage from intercostal arteries, and embolization of the 3∼6th intercostal arteries was performed. After transcatheter arterial embolization(TAE), his vital signs got stable and he was discharged without significant complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sumitomo-Bessi Hospital, Niihama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mesaki
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: Toshihito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: Naruyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Kazuyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanomura
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchinomura
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed