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Thorax 2008;63:294 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.074690
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Spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery aneurysm during air flight

  1. S Y Sundram-Novelend1,
  2. D S Appleton2,
  3. N J Screaton2,
  4. R J Davies1,
  5. E R Chilvers1
  1. 1
    Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s and Papworth Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge UK
  1. Professor E R Chilvers, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Box 157, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; erc24{at}cam.ac.uk

    Pleural haematoma secondary to spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery aneurysm is extremely rare but can be life-threatening. Most documented cases have been associated with coarctation of the aorta or neurofibromatosis type 1,1 or occur following trauma …

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