Exercise-induced spontaneous hemothorax insinuates trauma; yet unmasks a lament disorder. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The investigation for a plausible explanation of the development of massive spontaneous hemothorax during exercise in two patients led to the disclosure of two different malignancies. The first patient (pleural fibrosarcoma) passed away shortly after diagnosis. The second patient is alive without signs of disease (peripheral neuro-ectodermal tumor, PNET) since the diagnosis was made 3 years before. Spontaneous hemothorax (SH) arising during exercise does not exclusively designate trauma and full search for anatomical abnormality is warranted.

publication date

  • December 1, 2001

Research

keywords

  • Athletic Injuries
  • Fibrosarcoma
  • Hemothorax
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
  • Pleural Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0035659906

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0300-2977(01)00172-3

PubMed ID

  • 11744181

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 59

issue

  • 6