EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMOTHORAX

A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Developed in Chronic Tuberculous Empyema Following Therapeutic Extrapleural Pneumothorax

A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for persistent right-sided chest pain for 6 months and osteolytic changes in some ribs on chest x-rays. The patient had a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis at 19 years of age and underwent treatment for rightsided therapeutic extrapulmonary pneumothorax. A computed tomography (CT) scan of her chest demonstrated a ring-enhanced tumor adjacent...

Extrapleural fat sign.

Explanation: Extrapleural fat, endothoracic fascia, and the innermost layers of intercostal muscle are superficial to the parietal pleura. Extrapleural fat is usually seen as a 1mm thick low attenution line on chest CT and is almost imperceptible in normal individuals.2 It may be thicker in obese patients. Accumulation of blood in the extrapleural space results in an extrapleural hematoma (EPH)...

Haemorrhage after extrapleural pneumonolysis.

Moderate or massive haemorrhage into the extrapleural space within a few days of the performance of an extrapleural pneumonolysis occurs in from 5 per cent to 20 per cent of cases. It may give rise to few symptoms, or be severe enough to cause alarming collapse of the patient and justify, if not demand, immediate transfusion. Apart from the immediate and more alarming physiological disturbances...

Video-atlas of extrapleural pneumonectomy.

This is a step-by-step video demonstration of a left extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma, including thoracotomy incision, extrapleural mobilization of tumor, resection of diaphragm, mediastinal nodal dissection and division of hilar vessels followed by reconstruction of diaphragm and closure of the thoracotomy.

Extrapleural Plombage with Lucite Spheres