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Review Case Reports
Blunt chest trauma with transection of the azygos vein: case report.
- C L Snyder and S D Eyer.
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
- J Trauma. 1989 Jun 1;29(6):889-90.
AbstractA review of the world literature revealed only five reported cases of azygos vein disruption from blunt chest trauma. Four of these were isolated injuries. We report a case of isolated complete azygos vein transection as a result of blunt motor vehicular trauma. Emergency thoracotomy and venous ligation resulted in successful resuscitation. Shearing forces as a result of deceleration were felt to be a possible etiology.
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