Spontaneous haemothorax caused by a ruptured oesophageal artery.
Spontaneous haemothorax is a subcategory of haemothorax that occurs in the absence of trauma or other causes. It is a rare emergency that can progress rapidly with massive blood loss leading to haemorrhagic shock and death. We describe a patient with massive spontaneous haemothorax caused by the disruption of an oesophageal artery from the middle segment of descending thoracic aorta. We sutured the bleeding artery in an emergency thoracotomy after the failure of interventional procedure.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Wenxiong
W
Zhang
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yongbing
Y
Wu
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xiaoqiang
X
Zhang
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Han
H
Jiang
D001158:Arteries; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
Oesophageal artery; Spontaneous haemothorax; Thoracotomy