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Massive abdominal wall haematoma and haemothorax due to spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery
  1. R Mathew1,
  2. S Abdullah1,
  3. I Renfrew2
  1. 1
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Interventional Radiology, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
  1. Dr R Mathew, Department of Emergency Medicine, Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, Essex SS16 5NL, UK; rgmathew{at}hotmail.com

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  • Competing interests: None declared.

  • Patient consent: Obtained.

  • Contributors: RM had the idea for the article, wrote the paper and conducted the literature search. SA and IR revised the manuscript. RM is the guarantor.