[Rounded atelectasis and persistent pleural effusion on top of fibrothorax. Report of a case].
The autopsy findings are reported in an 84-year-old woman who presented with a six-year history of right and left heart failure. A right-sided sterile transsudate persisted for 5 years despite medical treatment and repeated thoracenteses. Three years before death, a rounded density appeared in the right lung field, followed by a second 2 years later. At autopsy the pleural effusion was found to be related to fibrothorax, and the rounded densities consisted of two foci of atelectasis.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
Atélectasies rondes et épanchement pleural persistant sur fibrothorax. Présentation d'un cas.