Delayed Hemothorax After Conservative Treatment of Sternal Fracture

Naoki Yamamoto; Masahiro Sakakibara; Maki Murakami; Koji Sakaguchi

doi:10.14442/general.12.85

General Medicine

Online ISSN : 1883-6011
Print ISSN : 1346-0072
ISSN-L : 1346-0072

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Delayed Hemothorax After Conservative Treatment of Sternal Fracture

Naoki Yamamoto, Masahiro Sakakibara, Maki Murakami, Koji Sakaguchi

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Keywords: blunt chest trauma, delayed hemothorax, sternal fracture

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2011 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 85-88

DOI https://doi.org/10.14442/general.12.85

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Delayed hemothorax following blunt chest trauma is classified as a late presentation of hemothorax after a nearly normal chest X-ray on admission. Here, we present a case of delayed hemothorax 5 days after blunt chest trauma with ribs and sternal fracture.

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