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Volume 33 Issue 6 (2007)
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	Huge Extrapleural Hematoma After a Blunt Chest Trauma: An Unusual Presentation (Page 651)
	Petros Mihos, Konstantinos Potaris, Ioannis Gakidis, Sotiria Stathopoulou
	Abstract:
	Massive extrapleural hematoma secondary to blunt chest trauma is exceedingly rare especially in nonanticoagulated patients. Significant amounts of blood can be sequestered between parietal pleura and the endothoracic facia leading to ventillatory and circulatory disturbances and even death. We report a case of a huge extrapleural hematoma in a non-anticoagulated 70-year-old patient secondary to blunt chest trauma. Etiology, surgical and treatment implications of this injury are briefly discussed.