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A Patient Presenting Purulent Discharge From Open Window Thoracostomy

Author(s) -

In Sook Kang,

Ji Min Jung,

Yon Ju Ryu,

Yookyung Kim,

Jin Hwa Lee,

Eun Mee Cheon,

Dong Ki Nam,

Jung Hyun Chang

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

tuberculosis and respiratory diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2005-6184

pISSN - 1738-3536

DOI - 10.4046/trd.2004.57.1.78

Subject(s) - medicine , thoracostomy , empyema , surgery , pneumonectomy , bronchoscopy , radiology , lung , pneumothorax

A 73-year-old man who had undergone a right pneumonectomy and open window thoracostomy due to tuberculous empyema, presented with purulent discharge from the previous operation site. The computed tomography of the chest showed diffuse pleural thickening and a low attenuated lesion, with air bubbles in a dependent portion of the right hemithorax. These air bubbles were revealed to be due to 7 pieces of retained surgical gauze by flexible bronchoscopy. The patient showed marked clinical improvement with diminished purulent discharge after removal of the foreign bodies. (Tuberc Respir Dis 2004; 57:78-81)

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