Bilateral empyema treated by sequential pleuroscopy.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
; 81(1-2): 735, 2016 06 22.
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ABSTRACT
Bilateral empyema associated to infectious pericarditis is an extremely rare, yet life-threatening condition. Pleuroscopy-medical thoracoscopy has proved its efficacy in series of patients with empyema. Yet, all reported cases treated by this technique, concerned patients with pleural infection located to a single hemithorax. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with bilateral empyema treated successfully by sequential pleuroscopy, associated to infectious pericarditis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pericarditis
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Toracoscopía
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Empiema Pleural
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
Año:
2016
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Article