title: Chronic tension empyema.
abstract: A 60-year-old man who had suffered from chronic left tuberculous empyema for 25 years, was diagnosed with chronic tension empyema based on enlargement of the empyema cavity. To prevent compression of the heart and left lung, we removed the empyema capsule. This procedure relieved the compression of the left lung, and the patient's lung function improved.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital,Tokyo, Japan. sanoa-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Sano
authors: Tomohiro
authors: T
authors: Murakawa
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004654:Empyema, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014797:Vital Capacity