[Spontaneous hemothorax caused by lung cancer]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2005 Jul;41(7):400-1. doi: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60249-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Spontaneous hemothorax is an extremely rare complication of malignant disease. We describe the case of a 26-year-old man with spontaneous hemothorax secondary to large-cell carcinoma of the lung, with liver and bone metastases. The patient died in the fifth week after hospitalization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / diagnostic imaging
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemothorax / etiology*
  • Hemothorax / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Suction
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed