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. 1991 Jul;46(7):540–541. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.7.540

Successful pulmonary resection after spontaneous haemopneumothorax in the Eisenmenger syndrome

J Au 1,2, S P Cusack 1,2, W S Walker 1,2
PMCID: PMC463256  PMID: 1877044

Abstract

In an unusual case of the Eisenmenger syndrome, in which pulmonary infarction was complicated by life threatening intrapleural haemorrhage and pneumothorax, lobectomy was carried out successfully to arrest the haemorrhage.

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