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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:225-226
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

The extrapleural fat sign

Elena Alventosa Fernández, MDa, Luisa Elena Rodríguez Delgado, MDa, Emilio Martín Díaz, MDb

a Diagnostic Imaging Department, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
b Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the communication on extrapleural hematoma by Dr Kabiri and colleagues in the August 2006 issue.1Go We would like to contribute to the diagnosis value of this report with the explanation of the pathognomonic radiologic sign they mentioned, known as the "extrapleural fat sign." We report a similar case demonstrating this sign.

A 61-year-old man with shortness of breath and thoracic pain with respiratory movements after a blunt trauma was admitted to our institution. Initial x-ray evaluation showed diffuse increased density in the left hemithorax with 5th to 10th posterior rib fractures. The diagnosis was . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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