CHRONIC PAIN OF VASCULAR ORIGIN CAUSED BY A PARIETOPULMONARY FISTULA OF THE THORACIC WALL

Authors
JEANFAIVRE T REGNARD O LHOSTE P ENON B
Citation
T. Jeanfaivre et al., CHRONIC PAIN OF VASCULAR ORIGIN CAUSED BY A PARIETOPULMONARY FISTULA OF THE THORACIC WALL, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 63(3), 1997, pp. 839-841
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
839 - 841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)63:3<839:CPOVOC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We describe the case history of a patient who suffered from dorsal tho racic nonpenetrating trauma after a fall, with rupture of the aortic i sthmus treated by thoracotomy. Arteriovenous fistula between the thora cic wall and the lung, with hypervascularization of the left thoracic wall, was revealed by atypical chronic thoracic pain and a murmur. Thi s case demonstrates that chronic thoracic pain of vascular origin must be considered. (C) 1997 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.