A case of delayed hemothorax with an inferior phrenic artery injury detected and treated endovascularly.
We report the rare case of delayed hemothorax (DHX) with an inferior phrenic artery (IPA) injury due to blunt thoracic trauma. Our case suggests that DHX almost always occurs early after injury, and endovascular treatment is an effective procedure for traumatic hemothorax including DHX.
Osaka Prefectural Senshu Critical Care Medical Center Izumisano, Osaka, Japan ; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tazuke Kofukai Foundation, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital Osaka, Japan.
Keiji
K
Yamanashi
Osaka Prefectural Senshu Critical Care Medical Center Izumisano, Osaka, Japan.
Shota
S
Nakao
Osaka Prefectural Senshu Critical Care Medical Center Izumisano, Osaka, Japan.
Koji
K
Idoguchi
Osaka Prefectural Senshu Critical Care Medical Center Izumisano, Osaka, Japan.
Tetsuya
T
Matsuoka
Blunt thoracic trauma; delayed hemothorax; endovascular treatment; inferior phrenic artery