title: Bilateral empyema treated by sequential pleuroscopy.
abstract: Bilateral empyema associated to infectious pericarditis is an extremely rare, yet life-threatening condition. Pleuroscopy-medical thoracoscopy has proved its efficacy in series of patients with empyema. Yet, all reported cases treated by this technique, concerned patients with pleural infection located to a single hemithorax. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with bilateral empyema treated successfully by sequential pleuroscopy, associated to infectious pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Medical School Democritus University of Thrace. mfroud@med.duth.gr.
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Archontogeorgis
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanfranco
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koulelidis
authors.forename: Marios E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Froudarakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*