title: Treatment of thoracic hemorrhage due to rupture of traumatic mediastinal hematoma.
abstract: Patients in traffic accidents are usually presented with pain and bleeding due to fractures or soft tissue injury. On some occasions, more severe complications may be triggered by the trauma. A review of the published English language literature reveals no survival case once the traumatic mediastinal hematoma is ruptured. In our case, a 54-year-old man suffering motorcycle accident was admitted to emergency department. Computed tomography scan revealed subdural hematoma combined with posterior mediastinal hematoma. The patient was saved and discharged with a satisfactory outcome. Here we hope to share our treatment experience in dealing with the patient with severe multiple trauma.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing 314000, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Jie
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ling-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei-Zhong
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*