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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:323-324
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Hemothorax due to extramedullary erythropoietic masses

Stergios Tassiopoulos, MDa*, Kostas Konstantopoulos, MDa, Yannis Rombos, MDa, Athanassios Aessopos, MDa

a First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, "Laikon" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Accepted for publication April 29, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Shiraishi, Division of Pediatrics, Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 602-8566.
e-mail: isao{at}koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

We describe a 27-year-old male patient suffering from ß-thalassemia intermedia who presented with a nontraumatic spontaneous hemothorax due to extramedullary hemopoietic foci. In reviewing the literature, four similar reports were found. The details of this unusual entity are discussed.




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