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Giant extrathoracic hematoma after thoracoplasty —A case report

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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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  1. The Department of Surgery, National Fukuoka Central Hospital, Jyonai 2-2, Chuo-ku, 810, Fukuoka, Japan

    Sadanori Takeo MD

  2. Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

    Nobuyuki Hara, Yasuhiro Ohtsu, Akira Motohiro, Yukito Ichinose & Mitsuo Ohta

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Takeo, S., Hara, N., Ohtsu, Y. et al. Giant extrathoracic hematoma after thoracoplasty —A case report. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 21, 360–363 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470962

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