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Empyema of the thorax in adults: review of 105 cases.
Thoracic empyema has become an uncommon disease in adults, tending to occur in chronically ill debilitated individuals. In this series, pulmonary infection was the underlying cause in more than half the cases, with bronchogenic carcinoma or other serious lung disease present in one fifth of the pulmonary infections. Thoracic surgery preceded almost one quarter of all cases. Staphylococcus aureu...
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A 61-year-old male alcoholic with maturity-onset diabetes presented with a two-week history of chest pain, fever, and haemoptysis unresponsive to oral cotrimoxazole. He was a heavy cigarette smoker, with no previous respiratory symptoms and a normal chest radiograph two years previously. His temperature was 39°C; he was dehydrated and confused and had a non-productive cough and signs of a left ...
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Empyema is a serious complication of lobar and broncho-pneumonia, especially in children. Nearly 75 per cent of all empyemas occur under the age of ten years. Consequently the importance of early and adequate surgical treatment is evident; but, unfortunately, early diagnosis of empyema is not always easy. If the temperature does not subside after an attack of pneumonia or if the attack is undul...
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ABSTRACTIntroductionEmpyema is an accumulation of pus in the pleural space. Empyema necessitans occurs when pus extends through the parietal pleura into the surrounding tissues.Case ReportWe present here a 4 month old babywith severe respiratory distress and anassociated huge boggy swelling over the left side of his chest and back. Evaluation revealed pus accumulated in the pleural space which ...
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BACKGROUND In children, acute affectation of the thorax is presented during pleuropulmonary infection, bronchopulmonary malformation and malignant tumors. We had the opportunity to treat patients with malignant tumors in the thorax and we present our findings. CLINICAL CASES We studied three patients with the diagnosis of pleuropulmonary blastoma. All patients were being treated with surgical...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1932
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-193212000-00004