Giant chronic expanding hematoma in the chest identified 25 years after a blunt chest trauma

Dai,Wei; Zhuang,Xiang; Li,Qiang; Xiao,Ping; Shen,Yi; Zheng,Ping

doi:10.3892/mco.2016.774

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Giant chronic expanding hematoma in the chest identified 25 years after a blunt chest trauma

Authors:
- Wei Dai
- Xiang Zhuang
- Qiang Li
- Ping Xiao
- Yi Shen
- Ping Zheng
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Affiliations: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China

Copyright: © Dai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
Pages: 507-509
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Published online on: February 10, 2016

https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2016.774
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Abstract

We herein report the case of a 42-year-old man who presented with a huge intrathoracic mass that had grown over a period of 25 years. The initial symptom caused by the mass was dull pain in the chest. T2‑weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mosaic pattern of various signal intensities, indicating a chronic expanding hematoma. The mass was completely resected surgically. For patients who present with a slowly growing mass, particularly those with a history of tuberculous pleuritis, chest surgery or trauma, a chronic expanding hematoma should be taken into consideration. Surgical resection is the first choice of treatment for a chronic expanding hematoma caused by a blunt chest trauma.

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