title: A unilateral hemothorax as a presenting manifestation of mediastinal spindle cell sarcoma.
abstract: The article presents the case of a 73-year-old female injured in a bicycle accident, who was diagnosed with a left hemothorax. Initially, a chest drain was inserted and the pleural hematoma was evacuated. Then a thoracotomy was performed. A hematoma debridement and decortication with a subsequent tissue biopsy was carried out and a final diagnosis of spindle cell sarcoma was made. There is a brief discussion on the differential diagnosis of spontaneous hemothorax and its management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Fourth Military Teaching Hospital, 5 Weigla St., 50-981, Wroclaw, Poland, mariusz.chabowski@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szymanska-Chabowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szolkowska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janczak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed