Hospital: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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Aut@r o Autores: O.M. Sanz De León, A. Vicente Bártulos, S. Resano Pardo, V. García Blázquez, I. Mota Goitia, C. Sueves Ballesteros.,
Presentación:
A 78-year-old male inpatient with haemorragic shock suspicion History: Outpatient at the ED with dyspnea and chest-X-Ray findings of a tension pneumothorax and pleural effusion. Was treated with a drainage thorax tube. The first chest-X-Ray control with well positioned tube is not shown. The tube was retired and the patient developed a right pleural effussion as well as a chest wall haematoma. A month later, worsening of symptoms and chest-X-Ray and analitics findings suggested an haemorragic shock. He undertook a CT. Findings: Hyperattenuating heterogeneus massive pleural effusion with contralateral shift of the mediastinum and depression of hemidiaphragm. Active eight intercostal artery extravasation and an intercostal chest wall haematoma were found. Other findings: medial esternotomy postsurgical changes and Aortic valve prothesis. Sings of pulmonary hypertension were detected.
Discusión:
Major hemorrhage following thoracic drainage tube is not frequent, it can also be the result of an inadequate hemostasis of a bronchial artery or systemic vessels in the chest wall. Bleeding related to a coagulation abnormality is rare. In our case we saw active intercostal artery bleeding, the cause of continuous pleural effusion may had been caused by the drainage tube extraction or insertion and inadecuate hemostasis. Key points: CT-findings in hemothorax include heterogeneously attenuating pleural fluid, hyperattenuating areas of debris within pleural fluid, and a fluid-hematocrit level. These pleural pseudotumors can be distinguished from pleural-based masses by their high attenuation on unenhanced CT-scans. In this case there is no differential diagnostic, because we can see active artery bleeding in two adquisition phases.Tension haematoma: contralateral shift of the mediatinum depression of hemidiaphragm and almost not air in the right lung-
Conclusión:
Major hemorrhage following thoracic drainage tube is not frequent, it can also be the result of an inadequate hemostasis of a bronchial artery or systemic vessels in the chest wall. Bleeding related to a coagulation abnormality is rare. In our case we saw active intercostal artery bleeding, the cause of continuous pleural effusion may had been caused by the drainage tube extraction or insertion and inadecuate hemostasis. Key points: CT-findings in hemothorax include heterogeneously attenuating pleural fluid, hyperattenuating areas of debris within pleural fluid, and a fluid-hematocrit level. These pleural pseudotumors can be distinguished from pleural-based masses by their high attenuation on unenhanced CT-scans. In this case there is no differential diagnostic, because we can see active artery bleeding in two adquisition phases.Tension haematoma: contralateral shift of the mediatinum depression of hemidiaphragm and almost not air in the right lung-
Bibliografía:
– Eun Jin Chae et al. Radiographic and CT Findings of Thoracic Complications after Pneumonectomy. RadioGraphics: 2006, 26: 1449-67.