We herein report the case of a 42-year-old man who presented with a huge intrathoracic mass that had grown over a period of 25 years. The initial symptom caused by the mass was dull pain in the chest. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mosaic pattern of various signal intensities, indicating a chronic expanding hematoma. The mass was completely resected surgically. For patients who present with a slowly growing mass, particularly those with a history of tuberculous pleuritis, chest surgery or trauma, a chronic expanding hematoma should be taken into consideration. Surgical resection is the first choice of treatment for a chronic expanding hematoma caused by a blunt chest trauma.
第一作者机构：[1]Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
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通讯机构：[1]Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China[*1]Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, 55 South Renmin Road, 4th section, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Dai Wei,Zhuang Xiang,Li Qiang,et al.Giant chronic expanding hematoma in the chest identified 25 years after a blunt chest trauma[J].MOLECULAR AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.2016,4(4):507-509.doi:10.3892/mco.2016.774.
APA：
Dai, Wei,Zhuang, Xiang,Li, Qiang,Xiao, Ping,Shen, Yi&Zheng, Ping.(2016).Giant chronic expanding hematoma in the chest identified 25 years after a blunt chest trauma.MOLECULAR AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY,4,(4)
MLA：
Dai, Wei,et al."Giant chronic expanding hematoma in the chest identified 25 years after a blunt chest trauma".MOLECULAR AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 4..4(2016):507-509
