title: [Hemopneumothorax after thoracic sympathetic nerve block; report of a case].
abstract: A 72-year-old man, who had been treated pneumothorax 50 years ago, visited a physician complaining of dyspnea after thoracic sympathetic nerve block for postherpetic neuralgia. The patient was diagnosed as pneumothorax, and was consulted to our hospital. Clinical sign and the chest radiography suggested tension hemopneumothorax, and the chest drainage was immediately performed. Although bloody fluid of 1,100 ml was initially drained, no further increase was noted. The patient was discharged on the 21st hospital day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Otakanomori Hospital, Kashiwa, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsukura
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanizaki
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamashima
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed