Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Chronic expanding heamatomas may present as masses mimicking chest wall tumors. We report the case of a patient who was presented with a giant posterior extrathoracic chest wall tumor. The mass was proven to be a chronic heamatoma possibly developed after a blunt...

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Main Authors: Kouritas Vasileios K, Roussakis Antonios G, Soultanis Konstantinos, Bellenis Ion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/156