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Chylothorax as the Initial Manifestation of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2025.Chylothorax can indeed be an initial manifestation of lung cancer. Non‐traumatic and non‐iatrogenic chylothorax requires thorough investigation, with computed tomography (CT) of the chest being a crucial diagnostic tool. Prolonged drainage of chylothorax can lead to exaggerated immunosuppression in malignancy.
Sathish Krishnan +2 more
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Determination of In Vivo efficacy and safety of zeolite as a new pleurodesis agent
Toxicology Reports, 2022 Pleural effusion, the pathological condition in which an abnormal amount of pleural fluid is accumulated in the small space between the visceral and parietal pleurae of the lungs, can be treated by pleurodesis, whereby the pleural space is obliterated ...
Engin Sumer +5 more
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A mechanism for improved talc pleurodesis via foam delivery
Drug Delivery, 2021 Talcum powder is recognized as the leading drug for pleurodesis, a treatment of choice for malignant pleural effusions. Recently, it was shown that hydrogel foam delivery systems significantly enhanced the number of adhesions between the chest wall and ...
T. A. Lima +6 more
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Spontaneous pneumothorax: comparison of simple drainage, talc pleurodesis, and tetracycline pleurodesis. [PDF]
Thorax, 1989 From 1978 to 1985 96 patients with their first spontaneous pneumothorax were randomised into three groups, receiving either treatment with simple drainage (34 patients), drainage with tetracycline pleurodesis (33 patients), or drainage with talc pleurodesis (29 patients). There were 58 men and 38 women, aged 18-88 years.
K Viskum, Lange P, Almind M
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Asian Journal of Surgery, 2019 Summary: Background/Purpose: Pleurodesis with biomaterial implant is an emerging treatment method for pleural diseases. However, the ideal biomaterial or the optimal form for the common diseases is still under investigation.
Cheng-Hung How +5 more
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Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Background: Primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP or SSP) is a common treatable disease but notorious for its recurrence over the years. Intercoastal tube (ICT) thoracostomy is often done to relieve pneumothorax.
Sourindra Nath Banerjee +2 more
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Chemical Pleurodesis Using Tetracycline for the Management of Postoperative Pneumothorax Recurrence
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2023 Background: Although there is no obvious recommendation for the management of pneumothorax recurrence after surgery, chemical pleurodesis with tetracycline has been applied as a significant treatment approach.
Jun Tae Yang +5 more
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Five Cases of Congenital Chylothorax Treated by Intrapleural Minocycline
American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2012 Minocycline pleurodesis was performed on five infants with congenital chylothorax in our institutions. They could not achieve sufficient efficacy though they had received other conservative therapies.
Masatoshi Kaneko +5 more
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A Rare Case of Intramediastinal Humeral Head Fracture Dislocation Through the Thoracic Inlet
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2025.ABSTRACT Intramediastinal fracture dislocation of the humeral head due to a blunt trauma is very rare. It may be accompanied by local and systemic injuries associated with high‐energy trauma. Only one case has been reported in the literature; therefore, an appropriate treatment modality remains unclear. We present a case of a 71‐year‐old woman involved
Nicola Rotolo +6 more
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Clinics, 2011 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pleurodesis carried out entirely on an outpatient basis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions and Karnofsky Performance Status scores 90%, pleurodesis (3 g of talc) was performed ...
Ricardo Mingarini Terra +5 more
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