Intractable pneumothorax due to rupture of subpleural rheumatoid nodules: a case report

BACKGROUND: In rare cases, rheumatoid pleural nodules can rupture into the pleural cavity to cause pneumothorax or empyema. We report successful surgical treatment of a patient with an intractable secondary pneumothorax due to rupture of a subpleural rheumatoid nodule into the pleural cavity. CASE P...

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Autores principales: Shimomura, Masanori, Ishihara, Shunta, Iwasaki, Masashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30091017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-018-0502-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30091017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-018-0502-8

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