[Spontaneous hemothorax revealing Wegener's vasculitis in a pregnant woman].
Spontaneous hemothorax is a rare condition. Its causes are multiple but sometimes they remain unknown. In some patients, thoracotomy may be the only means to determine hemothorax origin. Vasculitis have not been reported as a common cause of spontaneous hemothorax. Pregnancy does not appear to have causal or aggravating effect on spontaneous hemothorax or on vasculitis. We here report the peculiar case of a young patient presenting during pregnancy with spontaneous hemothorax secondary to Wegener's vasculitis. The latter was diagnosed by pleural biopsy performed during exploratory thoracotomy and confirmed by ANCA assays.
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Arrazi, CHU Mohamed VI, Laboratoire PCIM, FMPM, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Maroc.
Hind
H
Serhane
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Arrazi, CHU Mohamed VI, Laboratoire PCIM, FMPM, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Maroc.
Msougar
M
Yassine
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Arrazi, CHU Mohamed VI, Laboratoire PCIM, FMPM, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Maroc.
Lamyae
L
Amro
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods
Spontaneous hemothorax; thoracotomy; vasculitis