Thoracoacromial artery injury after tube thoracostomy for pneumothorax

Authors

Shravan Leonard-Murali, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Adhnan Mohamed, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Ann Woodward, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Dionne Blyden, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Leonard-Murali S, Mohamed A, Woodward A, and Blyden D. Thoracoacromial artery injury after tube thoracostomy for pneumothorax. BMJ Case Rep 2020; 13(8).

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-17-2020

Publication Title

BMJ Case Rep

Abstract

In this case, a patient presented in a delayed fashion after blunt trauma is found to have a large left-sided pneumothorax, and tube thoracostomy is performed. After placement of the apically oriented tube, he developed haemothorax. CT imaging showed an area of questionable extravasation from the left subclavian artery, directly anterior to the thoracostomy tube. His haemothorax was refractory to adequate drainage with a new thoracostomy tube. He ultimately required angiography, coil embolisation and covered stent placement, followed by thoracoscopic evacuation of the haemothorax.

PubMed ID

32816885

Volume

13

Issue

8