2024
DOI: 10.22541/au.170668156.67256967/v1
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An anusual case of spontaneous hemothorax in an adolescent affected by congenital exostosis: case report and literature review

Giangiacomo Nicolini,
Giulio Bove,
Monica Micera
et al.

Abstract: We present the case of a male adolescent with a haemothorax caused by pericardial rupture secondary to costal exostosis. The patient was affected by multiple congenital exostosis and six years earlier he underwent a bone spur resection of the right femur. An X-ray performed at presentation was interpreted as suggestive of pneumonia and the patient was therefore treated with antibiotics without any clinical improvement. A thoracic ultrasonography performed 7 days later showed a massive haemothorax, confirmed by… Show more

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