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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 717-718, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Spontaneous hemothorax in a patient with hereditary multiple exostoses

FJ Teijeira, C Baril and D Younge
Service of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

A case of spontaneous hemothorax in a 7-year-old child secondary to erosion of the diaphragm by an exostosis coming from the left sixth rib is reported. This rare case of hemothorax with hereditary multiple exostoses is made even rarer by the concomitant perforation of the diaphragm.

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