Ruptured azygos vein caused by blunt trauma on left chest

作     者：CAO Jian-guo DAI Ning-feng CHEN Chang-zhi 

作者机构：Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Cangnan County People'sHospital Affiliated Shanghai Renji Hospital Group Cangnan China Zhejiang 325804 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第125卷第18期

页      面：3355-3356页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 071002[理学-动物学] 080102[工学-固体力学] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：blunt trauma, ruptured azygos vein hemorrhagic shock 

摘      要：Rupture of the azygos vein caused by blunt trauma is rare. According to the literature there are total of 21cases of azygos vein injury since 1978 although the actual occurrence number may be much higher.^1,2 Mostly, it is the result of traffic accidents. If the diagnosis and treatment is delayed, patients will be dying of bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. So far its mortality rate is about 40% for patients with ruptured azygos vein even if they underwent operation^3 We present a patient who had blunt trauma on his left chest, which caused right haemothorax due to ruptured azygos vein.