Rounded Atelectasis with Pleuritis : Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment

Akitoshi KINOSHITA; Mikio OKA; Kiyoto HIROSE; Tetsuo TANIGUCHI; Hiroshi SODA; Kohei HARA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.31.832

Akitoshi KINOSHITA, Mikio OKA, Kiyoto HIROSE, Tetsuo TANIGUCHI, Hiroshi SODA, Kohei HARA

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Keywords: pulmonary tumor, pleural effusion, computed tomography, surgical decortication

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1992 Volume 31 Issue 6 Pages 832-834

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.31.832

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Abstract

A 73-year-old male was admitted with a large rounded atelectasis with pleural effusion. The involved lung was refilled with air as soon as surgical decortication of the thickened visceral pleura covering it was performed. Surgical treatment is believed to be necessary when a large rounded atelectasis with pleural effusion persists for a long time, or when malignancy is not completely excluded.
(Internal Medicine 31 : 832-834 1992)

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