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Unusual haemostasis for an unusual tumour. Catastrophic bleeding from a tactile neurofibroma affecting the thoracic vertebrae. Case report.
- Source :
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The Journal of cardiovascular surgery [J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)] 1990 Jul-Aug; Vol. 31 (4), pp. 474-8. - Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- The symptomatology of a typical acute descending thoracic aorta dissection was imitated by profuse haemorrhage caused by a benign tumour composed almost exclusively of Wagner-Meissner like tactile corpuscles and fatty tissue. The tumour caused extensive destruction of the bodies of the fifth and sixth thoracic vertebrae at the level of the vertebro-costal articulation. Emergency cross clamping of the descending aorta and haemostasis of the bleeding from osteal defects by tamponade with bone polymethyl methacrylate appeared the only way to control the life threatening haemorrhage. It seems that an intrathoracic tactile neurofibroma with a similar case history has not been reported till now.
- Subjects :
- Aortic Dissection diagnosis
Aorta, Thoracic
Aortic Aneurysm diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hemorrhage diagnosis
Hemorrhage surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Neurofibroma pathology
Spinal Neoplasms pathology
Hemorrhage etiology
Neurofibroma complications
Spinal Neoplasms complications
Thoracic Vertebrae
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9509
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of cardiovascular surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2211801