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  • Title: Fatal intrathoracic hemorrhage in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease.
    Author: Baydur A, Cabula OS, Krishnareddy N, Kanel GC.
    Journal: Respiration; 1995; 62(2):104-6. PubMed ID: 7784706.
    Abstract:
    Neurofibromatosis can involve the mediastinum. A 44-year-old woman with a dumbbell-shaped mediastinal mass developed a large pleural effusion, respiratory failure and fatal hemoptysis. Autopsy revealed systemic neurofibromatosis involving the mediastinum and pleura. Mediastinal and pleural hemorrhage probably occurred as a result of an eroded thoracic artery. Massive hemorrhage in mediastinal neurofibromatosis occurs uncommonly but with potentially fatal results.
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