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Unusual clinical signs complicating tension haemothorax. 1984

J Banks, and D Cassidy, and I A Campbell, and S Ghuman

We describe a patient in whom a haemothorax produced ipsilateral Horner's syndrome, inequality of the carotid and radial pulses and superior vena caval obstruction.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011674	Pulse	The rhythmical expansion and contraction of an ARTERY produced by waves of pressure caused by the ejection of BLOOD from the left ventricle of the HEART as it contracts.	Pulses
D002339	Carotid Arteries	Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.	Arteries, Carotid,Artery, Carotid,Carotid Artery
D003251	Constriction, Pathologic	The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions.	Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
D006491	Hemothorax	Hemorrhage within the pleural cavity.
D006732	Horner Syndrome	A syndrome associated with defective sympathetic innervation to one side of the face, including the eye. Clinical features include MIOSIS; mild BLEPHAROPTOSIS; and hemifacial ANHIDROSIS (decreased sweating)(see HYPOHIDROSIS). Lesions of the BRAIN STEM; cervical SPINAL CORD; first thoracic nerve root; apex of the LUNG; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; and apex of the ORBIT may cause this condition. (From Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, pp500-11)	Bernard Syndrome,Horner's Syndrome,Miosis, Innervational Defect,Oculosympathetic Syndrome,Bernard's Syndrome,Claude Bernard-Horner Syndrome,Horner Syndrome, Acquired,Horner Syndrome, Central,Horner's Syndrome, Pupil,Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic Ocular,Ptosis Sympathetic,Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia,Acquired Horner Syndrome,Bernard Syndromes,Bernards Syndrome,Central Horner Syndrome,Claude Bernard Horner Syndrome,Horner Syndrome, Pupil,Horners Syndrome,Horners Syndrome, Pupil,Ocular Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic,Ocular Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic,Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic,Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic,Oculosympathetic Syndromes,Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic Ocular,Pupil Horner's Syndrome,Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegia,Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegias,Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias,Syndrome, Acquired Horner,Syndrome, Bernard,Syndrome, Bernard's,Syndrome, Central Horner,Syndrome, Claude Bernard-Horner,Syndrome, Horner,Syndrome, Horner's,Syndrome, Oculosympathetic,Syndrome, Pupil Horner's,Syndromes, Bernard,Syndromes, Oculosympathetic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014652	Vascular Diseases	Pathological processes involving any of the BLOOD VESSELS in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.	Disease, Vascular,Diseases, Vascular,Vascular Disease
D014683	Vena Cava, Superior	The venous trunk which returns blood from the head, neck, upper extremities and chest.	Superior Vena Cava,Superior Vena Cavas,Vena Cavas, Superior