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Parapneumonic effusion and empyema [PDF]
Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition, 2005 Pleural infection (parapneumonic effusion and empyema) has an annual incidence of 3.3 per 100 000 children. The incidence of childhood empyema may be increasing in the UK. If so, it is not clear whether this is related to different referral patterns, changes of antibiotic usage in primary care, or whether there is a genuine increase in disease ...
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Primary Mediastinal Pleural Hydatid Cyst Mimicking Tuberculous Pleuritis: A Case Report
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Hydatid disease, caused by various Echinococcus species, is endemic in developing countries and most commonly affects the liver and lungs. Approximately 7.4% of cases involve intrathoracic extrapulmonary locations, with pleural involvement usually resulting from rupture of adjacent hepatic or pulmonary cysts.
Grace Tannous +6 more
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Pulmonary Medicine, 2020 Introduction. Complicated parapneumonic effusions (CPE) are distinguished from uncomplicated parapneumonic effusions (UPE) by the ability to resolve without drainage.
John Ferguson +4 more
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Intrapleural Tenecteplase for Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2021 Intrapleural thrombolytics have shown promising results in complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions reducing the need for surgical interventions. Until now, studies have evaluated primarily streptokinase, urokinase, and recently, alteplase.
Husain Kadhem +2 more
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Management of parapneumonic pleural effusion in adults
Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition), 2015 Pleural infections have high morbidity and mortality, and their incidence in all age groups is growing worldwide. Not all infectious effusions are parapneumonic and, in such cases, the organisms found in the pleural space are not the same as those observed in lung parenchyma infections.
Valdés Cuadrado, Luis +2 more
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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.We present a case of a 42‐year‐old woman presenting with pleural effusion, a rare manifestation of Ewing sarcoma. ABSTRACT Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma (EES) is a rare malignant tumour within the “Ewing family of tumours,” first described by Tefft et al. in 1969.
Hamza Khan Khattak +6 more
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Derrame pleural parapneumônico: análise de 271 casos. [PDF]
, 2007 Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Curso de Medicina.
Cavalheiro, André Gustavo Castioni
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Nonrheumatic streptococcal pharyngitis−associated myocarditis presents as acute myocarditis within days of Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis, typically resolving with antibiotics and minimal sequelae. It is thought to result from direct bacterial toxin injury rather than autoimmunity.
Jonathan M. Oxman +4 more
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“Necklace in the lung:” Multilocularis hydatid cyst mimicking left-sided massive pleural effusion
Lung India, 2019 Massive pleural effusions are commonly caused by malignancy, parapneumonic effusion, and tuberculosis. Parasitic infections are rare causes of massive pleural effusion.
Jyoti Bajpai +4 more
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Cerebral gas embolism caused by pleural fibrinolytic treatment [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy is a technique used to treat empyemas and parapneumonic effusions. Cerebral air embolism is an unusual potentially severe complication of this technique.
Menéndez, Manuel +2 more
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