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What is hemothorax?

What is hemothorax? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
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Massive hemothorax associated with intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis involving the pleura.
The patient suffered a hemothorax, was intubated, went to the ICU, and she died 4 days later.
A chest drainage tube was inserted for left hemothorax removal.
Complications such as unusual bacterial pneumonias, hemoptysis and hemothorax have been recognized in these patients.
Complications of these aneurysms include thrombosis with embolization, rupture, and erosion into the cardiac chamber with resulting fistula and hemothorax.
Bleeding may be concealed, as in the case of hemothorax.

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