Exostosis of a rib causing laceration of the diaphragm: Diagnosis and management

  • David A. Simansky*
  • , Michael Paley
  • , Arye Werczberger
  • , Yaakov Bar Ziv
  • , Alon Yellin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)856-857
Number of pages2
JournalAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume63
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1997

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