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Hemothorax in the newborn

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Twenty cases of hemothorax in newborns, including 4 of our own patients, are reviewed in detail. This unusual cause of acute respiratory distress within the neonatal period was observed in 14 males and 6 females. Most of the patients were full-term newborns. As causal factors hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (vitamin K deficiency), disseminated intravascular coagulation, arteriovenous malformations and pleura/vvascular rupture are considered. The time of occurence of bleeding symptoms ranged from 1 to 28 days of life. Sixteen out of 20 patients survived without sequelae, but in 4 cases the outcome was lethal.

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  1. Departments of Pediatric Radiology and Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-6900, Heidelberg, FRG

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H. Plückthum on occasion of his 60th birthday

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Oppermann, H.C., Wille, L. Hemothorax in the newborn. Pediatr Radiol 9, 129–134 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01464305

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