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  • Title: [A case of penetrating chest injury with tension hemothorax by gunshot].
    Author: Kawamura M, Takahashi Y, Gouko T, Hoshino R, Ookubo T, Hanaoka N, Satou M.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1994 Jul; 47(7):577-9. PubMed ID: 8057548.
    Abstract:
    The patient, a 36-year-old male, was admitted with massive hemoptysis. He had two gunshot wounds in the right lateral abdomen and supraclavicular fossa. His chest X-ray showed right tension hemothorax. Emergency thoracotomy and laparotomy were performed. Massive bleeding from the right pulmonary artery (A4+5), lacerations in the diaphragm and injuries of the liver were found. We performed right middle lobectomy, S3 segmentectomy and plication of the diaphragm and liver. He was discharged uneventfully.
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