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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2018
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| 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 |