Giant extrathoracic hematoma after thoracoplasty —A case report
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Abstract
A rare case of an extrathoracic giant hematoma developing after a thoracoplasty in a 67 year old man is presented herein. The patient underwent a right thoracoplasty without removal of plombage and a left thoracoplasty with removal of plombage for tuberculosis of the bilateral upper lobes 27 and 24 years prior to presentation, respectively. He presented to us in May, 1987, with a subscapular tumor which had been growing over the last 5 years. A giant tumor, measuring 23×17×12 cm and weighing 2585 g was successfully removed and the patient has since been well without any evidence of recurrence.
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thoracoplasty extrathoracic hematoma giant hematomaPreview
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