Talcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Masses

Talcoma is a pleural mass which may develop as a rare complication following talc pleurodesis. Talc pleurodesis is performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions or persistent pneumothoraces. The present report describes a case of a patient who developed enlarging p...

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Autores principales: Ocak, Iclal, Dewan, Rohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/652760
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description Talcoma is a pleural mass which may develop as a rare complication following talc pleurodesis. Talc pleurodesis is performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions or persistent pneumothoraces. The present report describes a case of a patient who developed enlarging pleural mass (talcoma) following talc pleurodesis.
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spelling pubmed-45299552015-08-13 Talcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Masses Ocak, Iclal Dewan, Rohit Case Rep Radiol Case Report Talcoma is a pleural mass which may develop as a rare complication following talc pleurodesis. Talc pleurodesis is performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions or persistent pneumothoraces. The present report describes a case of a patient who developed enlarging pleural mass (talcoma) following talc pleurodesis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4529955/ /pubmed/26273487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/652760 Text en Copyright © 2015 I. Ocak and R. Dewan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Talcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Masses
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title_full_unstemmed Talcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Masses
title_short Talcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Masses
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