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Case Reports
. 1997 Mar;63(3):856-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)01269-6.

Exostosis of a rib causing laceration of the diaphragm: diagnosis and management

D A Simansky  1 , M Paley, A Werczberger, Y Bar Ziv, A Yellin
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Case Reports

Exostosis of a rib causing laceration of the diaphragm: diagnosis and management

D A Simansky et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Mar.

Abstract

A 17-year-old boy presented with spontaneous hemothorax due to a puncture wound of the diaphragm by an inward facing exostosis of the rib. Diagnosis was made by computed tomographic scan, and the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure to remove the exostosis. This is only the eighth reported case of an exostosis causing hemothorax.

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