TY - JOUR
T1 - Exostosis of a rib causing laceration of the diaphragm
T2 - Diagnosis and management
AU - Simansky, David A.
AU - Paley, Michael
AU - Werczberger, Arye
AU - Ziv, Yaakov Bar
AU - Yellin, Alon
PY - 1997/3
Y1 - 1997/3
N2 - A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eighth reported case of an exostosis causing hemothorax.
AB - A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eighth reported case of an exostosis causing hemothorax.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0030890634
U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01269-6
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01269-6
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AN - SCOPUS:0030890634
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 63
SP - 856
EP - 857
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -