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Hemothorax in the Newborn

Department of Pediatrics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iyngkaran Nagalingam

Department of Pediatrics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A three-day-old Orang Asli girl had umbilical bleeding and bruis ing as well as a left hemothorax was also present. A review of the literature reveals that hemothorax is a rare manifestation of hemorrhagic disease, and only five instances have so far been re ported. After treatment with vitamin K and transfusion of fresh blood, thoracentesis was performed. The chest became clinically and radiologically normal five days afer the onset of bleeding.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 11, No. 2, 84-85 (1972)
DOI: 10.1177/000992287201100210


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