Cryptococcal empyema treated with tube thoracostomy and intrapleural fibrinolysis
A 55-year old woman with a history of relapsed T-cell ALL presented with right pleuritic chest pain and decreased breath sounds over the right hemithorax. Imaging of the chest showed loculated effusions. Tube thoracostomy was performed with intrapleural application of alteplase and dornase alpha ov...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1257 |