Chest wall tumour following iodized talc pleurodesis

Chest wall tumour following iodized talc pleurodesis.

Chest wall tumour following iodized talc pleurodesis. A man of 37 had an iodized talc pleurodesis carried out for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. There was no history of industrial exposure to asbestos. Two years latei he presented with pain in the right chest and radiographs at that time showed some localized pleural thickening at the site of the thoracoscopy cannulation for introduction o...

Treatment of recurrent malignant pleural effusion by iodized talc pleurodesis.

Chemical pleurodesis using iodized talc is an effective method of treating symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Twenty-three effusions occurring in 21 patients treated by this method are described with two illustrative case reports. The procedure eliminated the need for further chest aspiration in all but one instance. The histological appearances of the pleura at intervals after ...

Treatment of Chylothorax by Producing Pleurodesis Using Iodized Talc.

Dry talc pleurodesis via chest tube.

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Hemoptysis following Talc Pleurodesis in a Pneumothorax Patient

The purpose of this article is to report a case of hemoptysis occurring in combination with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax following chemical pleurodesis by talc. A Japanese male with cancer of renal pelvis was found with the left pneumothorax and multiple lung metastases. A computed-tomography scan revealed severe emphysema throughout the lungs. Talc pleurodesis was employed to arrest air ...