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Spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Sept 2012
Dar Rayees Ahmad, Wani Sabiya Hamid, Mushtaque Majid, Kasana Reyaz Ahmad
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax is one of the pulmonary complications of connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Most thoracic surgeons overlook this fact and they consider it as primary. In the following report, we describe a unique case of spontaneous recurrent hemo-pneumothorax in a young patient with undiagnosed EDS. The aim of this presentation is to raise a high index of suspicion of...
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