Chest wall swelling and pneumothorax after shoulder arthroscopy: Were the 2 events totally independent?

Rationale: Arthroscopic shoulder surgery (ASS) is a low mortality and morbidity procedure, but anesthetic complications are reported. There have been no reports of combined chest wall swelling and pneumothorax after ASS.

Patient Concerns: The patient's right lung was severely collapsed and the mediastinum was deviated after ASS.

Dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with tuberculous pleural effusion.

We present the case of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with the tuberculous pleural effusion. An 82-year-old woman underwent emergency stent graft under a diagnosis of dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm. Preoperative computed tomography revealed right pleural effusion supposed to the hemothorax caused by the dissecting aneurysm.