Mediastinal mass with right pleural effusion

South Med J. 1993 Oct;86(10):1160-3. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199310000-00017.

Abstract

We have described the case of a 65-year-old man who had a right hemothorax from rupture of an aneurysm of the ascending thoracic aorta and survived. This type of subacute presentation with survival of the patient has not been documented previously in contemporary medical literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / mortality
  • Aortic Rupture / complications*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture / mortality
  • Cause of Death
  • Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemothorax / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Survival Rate
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed