Hemothorax classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Irfan Dotani Joanna Ekabua, M.D. [2]
Overview
Spontaneous haemothorax (SH) is a subcategory of haemothorax.[1][2]
Classification
Hemothorax may be classified as[1][2]
- Traumatic haemothorax
- Spontaneous haemothorax
- Iatrogenous haemothorax
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patrini D, Panagiotopoulos N, Pararajasingham J, Gvinianidze L, Iqbal Y, Lawrence DR (March 2015). “Etiology and management of spontaneous haemothorax”. J Thorac Dis. 7 (3): 520–6. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.12.50. PMC 4387396. PMID 25922734.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zhang W, Wu Y, Zhang X, Jiang H (June 2017). “Spontaneous haemothorax caused by a ruptured oesophageal artery”. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 24 (6): 974–975. doi:10.1093/icvts/ivx035. PMID 28329116.
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