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Bilateral massive empyema with bronchopleural fistula

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A 51-year-old Japanese man with a history of temporal lobe epilepsy, schizophrenia and multiple dental caries was admitted to a hospital with fever and dyspnea. He had a wet cough… Click to show full abstract

A 51-year-old Japanese man with a history of temporal lobe epilepsy, schizophrenia and multiple dental caries was admitted to a hospital with fever and dyspnea. He had a wet cough over the last month. Chest CT showed bilateral, large, thick-walled cavitary lesions that contained air-fluid levels (figure 1A), indicating a complex bronchopleural fistula and associated empyema. Chest tubes were placed, and a large amount of greenish-white pus was drained from both sides (figure …

Keywords: massive empyema; bilateral massive; bronchopleural fistula; empyema bronchopleural

Journal Title: Postgraduate Medical Journal
Year Published: 2019

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