Mediastinal widening after blunt chest trauma in a child: a very rare case of thymic bleeding in a child and possible differential diagnosis

J Trauma. 2007 Aug;63(2):E51-4. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000265308.54551.be.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Hemothorax / diagnosis
  • Hemothorax / etiology*
  • Hemothorax / therapy
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Multiple Trauma / therapy
  • Radiography
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thoracic Injuries / therapy
  • Thymus Gland / injuries*
  • Trauma Centers
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy