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Pleural Diseases (11):
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Pleural Diseases
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We report a 65-year-old man with a 35-year history of occupational asbestos exposure. He presented at a nearby hospital with a complaint of dyspnea in 2002. Bilateral pleural effusion was revealed on a chest x-ray film. Chest CT revealed diffuse thickening of the pleura, bilateral pleural effusions...
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PMID: 21141060
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We report a case for whom negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) was applied for empyema with bronchopleural fistula. The patient was a 64-year-old man with a history of gastric resection and diabetes visited our hospital with chief complaints of fever and respiratory failure. In spite of conservati...
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PMID: 21066844
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Respirology (15)7 2010
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The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in clinical and research interests in pleural disease in parallel with rising incidences of pleural cancers and infection worldwide. Development of specialist pleural services can streamline patient diagnosis and therapy, reduce health-care resource consumpti...
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PMID: 20874745
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The aim of this study was to compare the results of semiquantitative analysis by(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with plasma osteopontin levels in the same asbestos-related pleural disease population.
A total of 17 patients with asbestos-related pleu...
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PMID: 20661695
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Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG / World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (27)1 2010
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We describe a rare case in a 28-year-old woman with WG, presenting with a massive lateral pleural effusion, accompanied by an aseptic bronchopleural fistula formed during immunosuppressive treatment. Although any organ can be involved in WG, only left pleuritis and a purpuric lesion on the neck were...
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PMID: 21086909
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Respirology (15)5 2010
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We hypothesized TUS would reduce failure to access the pleural space and enable detection of thick fibrous adhesions.
Thirty patients underwent single port MT consecutively for investigation of pleural exudates without pre-MT TUS over a 6-month period. Over the following 6 months, 30 consecutive pat...
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PMID: 20456669
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Recent data have identified deaths and significant adverse events associated with pleural drainage procedures. Evidence suggests that significant risk reduction might be achieved by restricting the number of physicians authorized to perform a pleural aspiration to a smaller expert group who have had...
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PMID: 20531083
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The developed scoring system reliably predicts incremental risk of PAL after pulmonary lobectomy. Its use may help in identifying those high-risk patients in whom to adopt intraoperative prophylactic strategies; in developing inclusion criteria for future randomized clinical trials on new technologi...
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PMID: 20609776
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The use of intrathoracic vacuum-assisted management of a persistent and infected pleural space after lung resection may reduce the duration and frequency of dressing changes necessary to allow spontaneous chest closure or a space filling procedure. Its use may decrease patient discomfort and contrib...
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PMID: 20609790
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Because of the way the study was designed, all subjects had pleural (n = 84) and/or parenchymal (n = 26) abnormalities on the most recent chest radiograph. Compared with other investigations that used different methods, this investigation revealed shorter latency periods (defined as the interval bet...
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PMID: 20501730
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (152)18 2010
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A case of a biliopleural fistula with a biloma occurring after superselective hepatic transarterial chemoembolization ablation of a metastatic hepatic carcinoid is described. The presentation was complicated by choledocholithiasis. The biloma was successfully treated with endoscopic drainage.
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PMID: 20485700
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A 63-year-old man was admitted with left pleural effusion, and an amylase level of 30994IU/l. A diagnosis of pancreaticopleural fistula was made, based on the findings of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP). After the placement of an endoscopic...
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PMID: 20460853
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New England Journal of Medicine (362)16 2010
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At 10 months after VATS repair, the CSF fistula has remained closed. CONCLUSION: VATS technique should be considered for a safe, efficacious, and durable CSF leak repair and as an alternative to open thoracotomy in the pediatric age group....
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PMID: 20375768
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We present the rare case of an HIV-infected patient with related spontaneous esophago-pleural fistula related to Candida infection....
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PMID: 20446399
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In terms of sealing purposes, FS and CA yielded comparable results in all groups. CA elicited a substantial increase of tissue temperature in the acute phase immediately after application (A). After 14 days CA residues were found, whereas FS was completely degraded. Histology showed a pronounced inf...
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PMID: 20233004
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We describe our experience with computed tomography bronchography as a new technique for diagnosis and localization of difficult BPF. In addition, other modalities for diagnosis and medical management are discussed along with a relevant review of the literature....
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PMID: 20160584
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The calcified intrapleural nodular opacities of thoracolithiasis tended to be located inferiorly, presumably secondary to the effects of gravity, and they seemed to migrate freely within the pleural cavity....
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PMID: 20160605
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Southern Medical Journal (103)2 2010
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Pleuropulmonary amebiasis is an uncommon complication of Entamoeba histolytica infection. It typically occurs in endemic regions including Central and South America, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The case of a previously healthy US Army male stationed in Liberia with an acute onset of fevers,...
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PMID: 20175253
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We represent a case of a 47-year-old female with remote subtotal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy admitted with recurrent left pleural effusion due to pancreaticopleural fistula. After failed ERCP through the anatomical route, pancreaticopleural fistula was treated successfully with lapa...
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PMID: 20065558
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Neurology India (58)3 2010
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We discuss the course of the disease, the symptoms, the diagnostic methods, and the various treatment modalities for subarachnoid pleural fistula....
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PMID: 20644282
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We describe two patients with large cerebrospinal fluid collections in the pleural cavity caused by postoperative duropleural fistula, who presented with neurological symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid pressure headache and meningitis....
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PMID: 20191799
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La Medicina del lavoro (101)6 2010
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To investigate asbestos exposure in 4 patients (3 cases of malignant mesothelioma and 1 case ofpleural plagues) previously employed in the entertainment business.
The patients were seen at the Occupational Health Unit of the "Clinica del Lavoro Luigi Devoto" in Milan (Italy). Information regarding e...
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PMID: 21141346
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Respiration (79)3 2010
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We discuss the advances that have been achieved in thoracoscopy since its inception more than a century ago.
Copyright 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel....
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PMID: 20093848
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Thoracoscopy was done in 21 patients using a flex-rigid thoracoscope in our institution. The indication was pleural effusion with inconclusive or negative pleural fluid cytology and blind pleural biopsy in 18 of the 21 patients. Thoracoscopic biopsy was positive in 12 of the 18 patients (66.7%). Of...
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PMID: 20364611
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The diagnosis and management of bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remain a major therapeutic challenge for clinicians. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis and localisation of BPF is sometimes difficult and may require multiple imaging and bronchoscopies. Successful manage...
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PMID: 20578402
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Where necessary, skeletal integrity must be restored, generally with prosthetic material, and then covered with well-vascularized soft tissue. "Living tissue" is required to help combat infection, buttress visceral repairs, and fill dead space. Soft-tissue deficiency must occasionally be augmented w...
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PMID: 20009799
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A 46-years-old woman admitted for induction of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). When peritoneal functional test was performed, dyspnea was occurred. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed massive right hydrothorax. Technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin scintig...
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PMID: 19764504
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A 78-year-old female undergoing peritoneal dialysis due to chronic renal failure was admitted to our hospital because of a tumor on her right chest wall. The diagnosis was recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the thoracic wall, and a combined resection of the thoracic wall and diaphragm was per...
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PMID: 19764505
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Obesity Surgery (19)7 2009
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Laparoscopic gastric band placement is a common procedure for morbid obesity. Common complications include gastric perforation, band erosion, and band slippage. We present the first report in the literature of gastro-bronchial-pleural fistula after laparoscopic gastric band placement.
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PMID: 18651196
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BACKGROUND: Pleural sarcoidosis is not a rare disease, and some patients with sarcoidosis experience chest pain, although the cause is often unknown. Various studies have indicated that fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is useful for diagnosing and monitoring sarcoidosis. CAS...
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PMID: 19637812
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This bibliography is compiled by clinicians from the journals listed at the end of this publication. It is based on literature entered into our database between 1 March 2008 and 28 February 2009 (articles are generally added to the database about two and a half months after publication). In addition...
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PMID: 19494724
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In the October 2005 Earthquake in mountainous Azad Kashmir and adjacent areas in Pakistan, a young female sustained crush injury chest and upper abdomen. She remained hospitalized with lower chest pain. All initial investigations were normal and she was discharged symptom-free on conservative manage...
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PMID: 19576155
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Der Chirurg (80)7 2009
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Presented is the case of a 61-year-old male patient with a chronic thoracic wall defect, including a bronchopleural fistula, after multiple resections of a desmoid tumor. After partial lung resection to remove the bronchopleural fistula, dead space was partially obliterated and the thoracic wall rec...
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PMID: 19280081
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Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (15)3 2009
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We report an extremely rare case of chronic expanding hematoma with a bronchopleural fistula and empyema space in a 66-year-old man with a history of tuberculous pleurisy admitted because of fever and bloody sputa. Computed tomography and a magnetic resonance imaging revealed a huge mass and an air...
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PMID: 19597392
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We diagnosed sarcoidosis. He was observed without medication for 18 months, however, his chest X-ray film findings gradually worsened, and bilateral pleural effusion appeared. The pleural effusion consisted of exudative fluid with prominent lymphocytes, and ADA level was elevated to 57.0U/l. Thoraco...
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PMID: 19601532
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Klinichna khirurhiia / Ministerstvo okhorony zdorov'ia Ukrainy, Naukove tovarystvo khirurhiv Ukrainy ()6 2009
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The experience reported of videothoracoscopical operations in 62 patients with late complications of chest trauma occurring after penetrating open wounds of chest--in 16 patients and in 46 one--with closed trauma. Good clinical effects achieved in 98% of the patients. The reported complications afte...
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PMID: 19957756
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Chest ultrasonography is a useful tool for assessing disease activity in the peripheral lung parenchyma, pleura, chest wall, diaphragm, and mediastinum. Ultrasound imaging also provides highly useful guidance in invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The main advantages of this imaging tech...
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PMID: 19410350
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We find the answers for the greatest number of these cyanotic dilemmas. Knowledge of the breadth of diagnoses, and respect for the variety of clinical possibilities, is the first step in providing a patient with accurate diagnosis, treatment, and referral....
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PMID: 19550255
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INTRODUCTION: The relationships between benign asbestos-related diseases (asbestosis and pleural plaques) and thoracic cancers are still debated. The aim of this paper is to analyse epidemiological data which investigate this topic. STATE OF THE ART: Published studies show that there is a significan...
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PMID: 19421094
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We describe a case of airway obstruction secondary to a large pre-vertebral cervico-mediastinal haematoma following failed attempts at insertion of an internal jugular central venous line. The need for a high index of suspicion to diagnose this injury and early aggressive intervention to manage it a...
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PMID: 19400499
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A chest tube is used to drain the contents of the pleural space to reconstitute the physiologic pressures within the pleural space and to allow the lungs to fully expand. Indications for chest tube placement include pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural effusion, pleural empyema, and major thoracic surg...
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PMID: 19235680
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Inhabitants of Metsovo, NW Greece, have been exposed to an asbestos whitewash, resulting in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and pleural calcifications (PCs). Interestingly, those with PCs (PC(+)) are less prone to MPM. They also have lymphocytic alveolitis, and differences in br...
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PMID: 19105609
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Many modalities for central airway obstruction have emerged, including the expanding application of airway stenting procedures. Diagnostic bronchoscopy with ultrasound guidance promises great advances in lung cancer staging. New bronchoscopic treatments of asthma and emphysema are actively under inv...
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PMID: 19295288
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All patients underwent computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cross-sectional scanning to identify the site of ductal disruption. CT alone was able to identify the disruption in four cases and a combination of CT and MRI localized the ductal disruption in all patients. Fiv...
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PMID: 18972169
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A patient with hepatocellular carcinoma had fever, cough, dyspnea. The analysis and the transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) showed leucocytosis, cholestasis and pleural viscous fluid with bilirubin. The patient was stabilized and two chest tube were placed. Abdomen CT demonstrated dilate...
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PMID: 19350800
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Movement Disorders (24)1 2009
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We identified all reports of fibrotic reactions at the heart, lung, and retroperitoneal space associated with dopamine agonists within the US Adverse Event Reporting System database. Disproportionality analyses were used to calculate adjusted reporting odds ratios (RORs). For ergot-derived dopamine...
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PMID: 19170199
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica (109)6 2009
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The mean age of patients was 47 (35-51) years. Pancreatic effusion was present in the left pleural cavity in 6 cases, in the right cavity in 2 and on both sides in 1 case. The causes of fistula formation were as follows : chronic pancreatitis due to alcohol abuse--seven patients, rupture of the panc...
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PMID: 20184058
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Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae (51)3-4 2009
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We had to proceed with right sided pneumonectomy and close up the fistula. The fistula recurred, and the patient underwent repeated operations by chest surgeons without success. Finally, the situation was solved by a contralateral latissimus dorsi muscle free flap. The free-flap was wrapped around t...
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PMID: 20514892
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