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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:717-718
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Spontaneous hemothorax in a patient with hereditary multiple exostoses

F.Javier Teijeira, MD, PhD*,a,b, Claude Baril, MDa,b, Derek Younge, MDa,b

a Service of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Service of Orthopedics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
b Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Accepted for publication March 31, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Teijeira, CHUS, 3001, 12th Ave N, Sherbrooke, Que, Canada J1H 5N4.

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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