Preoperative embolization followed by palliative therapy for patients unable to undergo the complete removal of a chronic expanding hematoma–A case report
We report herein a case of an 80-year-old female patient who presented with hemosputum and a left chest tumor. Owing to her medical history and imaging findings, we strongly suspected chronic expanding hematoma (CEH). Arteries feeding the mass were embolized prior to surgery to control intraoperativ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958412000577 |