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Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Thoracic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as a Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis

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We report a case of acute hemothorax caused by a left internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm rupture in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I, which was successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea

    Soo Jin Kim, Chang Won Kim, Suk Kim, Tae Hong Lee, Kun Il Kim & Tae Yong Moon

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea

    Sung Woon Chung

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Kim, S.J., Kim, C.W., Kim, S. et al. Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Thoracic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as a Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 28, 818–821 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-004-0067-8

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