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Hemothorax

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hemothorax /he·mo·tho·rax/ (-thor´aks) a pleural effusion containing blood.
he·mo·tho·rax (hm-thôrks)
n.
Blood in the pleural cavity.

Hemothorax
Blood in the pleural cavity.

hemothorax
collection of blood in the pleural cavity which can cause collapse of the lung and dyspnea, absence of breath sounds and pallor of mucosae.

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8 Other specified forms of effusion, except tuberculous Hemothorax 512 Pneumothorax 512.
If blood is the accumulating fluid, the condition is referred to as hemothorax.
3 percent) and traumatic pneumothorax or hemothorax occurs in 17.
 
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