[A case of chronic hemorrhagic pyothorax treated by extraperiosteal air plombage method].
A 64-year-old female patient was admitted with severe exertional dypnea. She had undergone left pneumonectomy because of lung tuberculosis at the age of 31. Her chest X-ray showed total opacity of the left hemithorax and mediastinal deviation to the right. The examination of the pleural effusion revealed neither malignant cells nor micro-organisms. She underwent surgery, by extraperiosteal air plombage method, successfully. Five months after the operation, her lung function and chest X-ray improved dramatically and exertional dyspnea was diminished. We conclude that the extraperiosteal air plombage method is a useful technique for patients with chronic hemorrhagic pyothorax.
Kawamura
M
M
Department of Respiratory Surgery, Nakadohri General Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Takahashi
Y
Y
Sakata
Y
Y
Okubo
T
T
Hosino
R
R
Gouko
C
C
D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods