Transudative pleural effusion associated with left brachiocephalic vein resection.
A 70-year-old woman was admitted for surgical treatment of a thymoma. She underwent thymectomy with left brachiocephalic vein resection because of invasion. Left pleural effusion appeared from postoperative day 4 and resolved with drainage. Herein, we report a rare case of pleural effusion associated with brachiocephalic vein resection.
Nakagiri
Tomoyuki
T
Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (E1), 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. gilly64@surgl.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Ohno
Kiyoshi
K
Takahashi
Hidekazu
H
D000368:Aged; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery