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Extra-thoracic hematoma after minor blunt chest injury

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Received 15 December 2007; received in revised form 14 February 2008; accepted 4 March 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, 65-1, Geumo-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do 480-821, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 31 820 3586; fax: +82 31 847 2934. (Email: cmccs@naver.com).

Key Words: Chest injury • Hematoma • Internal mammary artery

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A 59-year-old female presented with an acute onset of painful swelling on her left anterior chest wall after pounding her own chest in sorrow (Fig. 1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]