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Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Thoracic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as a Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis

Authors: Soo Jin Kim, Chang Won Kim, Suk Kim, Tae Hong Lee, Kun Il Kim, Tae Yong Moon, Sung Woon Chung

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2005

Abstract

We report a case of acute hemothorax caused by a left internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm rupture in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I, which was successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization.

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Title: Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Thoracic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as a Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis
Authors: Soo Jin Kim
Chang Won Kim
Suk Kim
Tae Hong Lee
Kun Il Kim
Tae Yong Moon
Sung Woon Chung
Publication date: 01-12-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2005
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-004-0067-8

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Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Thoracic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as a Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis

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