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9835989

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
A 20-year-old man was admitted after a traffic accident for a closed chest trauma. Initial evaluation showed a sternal fracture with a minor pneumomediastinum. Twenty-four hours later be experienced an acute respiratory failure, due to total left pulmonary atelectasis from indirect compression of the left main stem bronchus. Mediastinal widening at the postero-superior level was visualized by CT scan. The aortogram was normal. Thoracotomy showed a moderate left haemothorax, associated with an intramural haematoma of the low thoracic oesophagus which was respected. The time course was uneventful, except repetitive atelectases treated by fibrescopic aspiration. Oesophageal haematoma secondary to chest trauma is a rare injury, with around 10 cases reported in the literature. Compression of tracheobronchial axis is exceptional. Because of the delayed occurrence of such a complication after chest trauma, with sternal fracture, close clinical surveillance and CT scans are essential.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0750-7658
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1160-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Post-traumatic hematoma of the esophagus].
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'anesthésie et de réanimation chirurgicale, hôpital Guillaume-et-René-Laennec, BP, Nantes, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports