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Hemothorax is a rare and life-threatening complication of von Recklinghausen’s disease. We present a case of a 48-year-old man with this disease who developed hemothorax caused by rupture of a left subclavian artery dissection. To our knowledge, the case presented here is the first to describe successful surgical management—graft replacement of the left subclavian artery—in hemothorax due to arterial dissection associated with von Recklinghausen’s disease.
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Yoshida, K., Tobe, S. Dissection and rupture of the left subclavian artery presenting as hemothorax in a patient with von Recklinghausen’s disease. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 53, 117–119 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-005-0014-x
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