Chang, YongJin Cho, DeogGon Cho, KyuDo Cho, MinSeop
Published in
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Many patients diagnosed with advanced cancer have malignant pleural effusion that does not respond to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. These patients often have respiratory symptoms, especially dyspnea. In order to relieve these symptoms, various procedures including chemical pleurodesis have been performed. Although talc is the most widely used ...
Saleh, Mohamed Elshabrawy Awad, Gehad Sanad, Mohammed
Published in
The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
BackgroundPleurodesis is defined as symphysis between two layers of pleura to prevent recurrence of effusion, and it is the best available treatment for recurrent effusions of incurable malignancies. An ideal agent must be highly effective, safe, inexpensive, and readily available which is yet to be identified.The aim of this study was to assess ou...
Yasuda, Ippei Hidaka, Takao Kusabiraki, Tae Kochi, Keiko Yasoshima, Kuniaki Takagawa, Kiyoshi Saito, Shigeru
Published in
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology
Spontaneous pneumothorax combined with thoracic endometriosis is a rare condition during pregnancy. We present a case of chemical pleurodesis with autologous blood and freeze-dried concentrated human thrombin during pregnancy. This report presents a case of spontaneous pneumothorax combined with thoracic endometriosis that arose at 22 weeks' gestat...
Scottoni, Federico Fusaro, Fabio Conforti, Andrea Morini, Francesco Bagolan, Pietro
Published in
Journal of pediatric surgery
Our data suggest that povidone-iodine pleurodesis may be considered a safe and effective option to treat refractory chylothorax in newborns.
Al-Ani, Muhammed Salih AL-Khattaby, Laith Muhammed Kakamad, Fahmi Hussein
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
BackgroundPrimary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a critical clinical problem, and its incidence is increasing. The risk of recurrence is high. Factors which may or may not predispose to recurrence have not yet been established.MethodsOver a period of 4 years, 78 cases with a diagnosis of PSP were reviewed, and the following variables were analys...
Murki, Srinivas Faheemuddin, Md. Gaddam, Pramod
Published in
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Congenital Chylothorax is a rare entity which is characterized by abnormal accumulation of chyle in pleural cavity. Chylothorax presenting as non-immune hydrops is even rarer. We report a case of congenital bilateral chylothorax presenting as non immune hydrops and managed successfully with chemical pleurodesis. A term male baby presented at birth ...
Neragi-Miandoab, Siyamek
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer
With an increasing number of cancer survivors, the annual incidence of malignant pleural effusions has been rising in recent decades worldwide. Many patients with various forms of cancer develop malignant pleural effusions at some point in their life. Patients most commonly present with progressive dyspnea. These effusions are refractory and are as...
Komatsu, Shuhei Ueda, Yuji Fujiwara, Hitoshi Okamoto, Kazuma Ichikawa, Daisuke Kikuchi, Shojiro Nishio, Minoru Furutani, Akinobu Shiozaki, Atsushi Yamagishi, Hisakazu
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Published in
Esophagus
Postoperative chylothorax is an uncommon but well-recognized and potentially life-threatening complication of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Its management remains controversial. A 71-year-old man with cancer of the thoracic esophagus was admitted to our hospital. A standard curative esophagectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy was performed....
Kilic, Dalokay Akay, Hadi Kavukçu, Şevket Kutlay, Hakan Cangir, Ayten Kayi Enön, Serkan Kadilar, Cem
Published in
Surgery Today
PurposeMalignant pleural effusion is a common complication of primary and metastatic pleural malignancies. It is usually managed by drainage and pleurodesis, but there is no consensus as to the best method of pleurodesis. We compared the effectiveness, side effects, and cost of different chemical pleurodesis agents used in patients with malignant p...
Pettilä, V. Takkunen, O. Tukiainen, P.
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine
Zinc chloride smoke inhalation is a rare cause of slowly progressive and often fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The conventional treatment includes intravenous N-acetylcysteine, L-3, 4-dehydroproline, methylene blue, and respiratory support according to the lung protective strategy. This report presents the cases of three patients ...
