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Pulmonary cement embolism complicating percutaneous kyphoplasty: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Background: Vertebral cement augmentation procedures, as kyphoplasty (KP) or percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP), are commonly used for the management of pain of the vertebral column usually due to fractures related to traumatic injury, osteoporosis or ...
Romain Naud, Julien Guinde, Philippe Astoul   +2 more
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Total Protein–Chloride Ratio in Pleural Fluid Independently Predicts Overall Survival in Malignant Pleural Effusion at the First Diagnosis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
ObjectivePre-treatment biomarkers to estimate overall survival (OS) for malignant pleural effusion (MPE) are unidentified, especially those in pleural fluid.
Xin Qiao, Zhi-Rong Zhang, Xin-Yu Shi, Feng-Shuang Yi   +3 more
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Acute Presentation of Amiodarone Toxicity with Pleural Involvement [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Amiodarone is a frequently prescribed anti-arrhythmic drug which is used to treat ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. Although it has excellent efficacy in controlling or preventing common arrhythmias, it is potentially associated with a ...
Divya Ramachandran, Jaicob Varghese, Meera Haridas, Rajesh Venkitakrishnan, Jolsana Augustine, Melcy Cleetus   +5 more
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Dynamic and volumetric variables reliably predict fluid responsiveness in a porcine model with pleural effusion [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The ability of stroke volume variation (SVV), pulse pressure variation (PPV) and global end-diastolic volume (GEDV) for prediction of fluid responsiveness in presence of pleural effusion is unknown.
A Kumar, A Peris, A Rhodes, Berthold Bein, Cordula M. Stover, D De Backer, D De Backer, D Osman, D Talmor, D Talmor, DA Reuter, E Azoulay, EE de Waal, F Michard, F Michard, G Dechman, J Graf, J Mayer, J Renner, J Renner, J Sagrista-Sauleda, Jan Schöttler, Jochen Renner, K Vaska, Katharina Heß, M Balik, M Cannesson, M Cannesson, M Hadian, Markus Steinfath, Matthias Gruenewald, MR Lopes, MR Pinsky, O Broch, O Nishida, Ole Broch, P Pelosi, Patrick Meybohm, PE Marik, R Jacob, R Pearse, RJ Trof, S Heenen, S Magder, S Rex, S Rex, SG Sakka, SH Loring   +47 more
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Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease

European Respiratory Review, 2020
Physician-led thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has substantially changed how respiratory disorders, and in particular pleural diseases, are managed. The use of TUS as a point-of-care test enables the respiratory physician to quickly and accurately diagnose ...
Maged Hassan, Rachel M. Mercer, Najib M. Rahman   +2 more
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Dry Small Pleural Dissemination of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Preoperatively Detected by PET/CT: A Report of Two Cases [PDF]

, 2008
Dry pleural dissemination in non-small cell lung cancer, defined as solid pleural metastasis of lung cancer without pleural eff usion, is a condition occurring in T4 lung cancer.
Aoe, Motoi, Date, Hiroshi, Okutani, Daisuke, Oto, Takahiro, Sano, Yoshifumi, Toyooka, Shinichi, Yamane, Masaomi   +6 more
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Early Contrast Enhancement: a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarker of pleural malignancy [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Pleural Malignancy (PM) is often occult on subjective radiological assessment. We sought to define a novel, semi-objective Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) biomarker of PM, targeted to increased tumour microvessel density (MVD) and ...
Alexander, Laura, Blyth, Kevin G., Cowell, Gordon W., Dick, Craig, Foster, John E., Humphreys, Catherine A., Kelly, Caroline A., Noble, Colin, Stobo, David B., Tsim, Selina, Woodward, Rosemary   +10 more
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Empyema necessitans: After recent thoracostomy in an immunocompromised patient

Respirology Case Reports, 2023
Key message This paper consists of a clinical image of an unexpected complication of a pleural space infection that dissects through the pleura into the soft tissues of the chest in an immunocompromised patient.
Joana Almeida Borges, Daniela Madama
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Treatment of chronic bronchopleural fistula and recurrent empyema using a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap: a case report and literature review

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2021
Bronchopleural fistula is a severe complication with a high mortality rate that occurs after pulmonary resection. Several treatment options have been suggested; however, it is a challenge to treat this condition without recurrence or other complications.
Byungkwon Kang, Yujin Myung
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma mimicking a malignant pleural mesothelioma: Clues for diagnosis

Thoracic Cancer, 2019
Pleural metastasis of thyroid carcinoma is very rarely encountered in the evaluation of pleural effusion and diagnosis may be challenging. However, an anaplastic transformation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), although a rare condition, should be ...
Thibaut Capron, Sophie Giusiano, Valerian Bourinet, Sophie Laroumagne, Hervé Dutau, Philippe Astoul   +5 more
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