Tuberculous Pleural Effusion and Pott Disease
History of Present Illness A 47-year-old black woman presented to the emergency room with progressive increase of breathlessness, dry cough, and fever. The symptoms had worsened in the past 3…
Late Postpneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula With Pleural Empyema
History of Present Illness A 62-year-old Caucasian female patient presented to the emergency room with new-onset sputum production, fatigue, and fever. Chest radiography showed air–fluid level in the left thoracic…
Pneumonia and Volume Overload Complicating Chronic Fibrothorax With Persistent Fluid Collection
History of Present Illness An 83-year-old man was taken to the emergency room (ER) because of fever, shortness of breath, swelling of the legs, weakness, confusion, and nausea. Past Medical…
Pyopneumothorax in Necrotizing Pneumonia With Bronchopleural Fistula
History of Present Illness A 50-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emergency room with fever of 7 days’ duration, shortness of breath, palpitations, and occasional cough with reddish brown, blood-stained…
Primary Pleural Empyema in a Hemodialysis Patient With Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
History of Present Illness An 81-year-old woman arrived in the emergency room (ER) because of progressive fatigue for 1 week, with worsening dyspnea and decreased urine output. Before that ER…
Loculated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion Treated With Intracavitary Urokinase
History of Present Illness A 58-year-old man arrived at the emergency room with high fever, dyspnea, anorexia with loss of weight, weakness, and confusion. Past Medical History The patient was…
Chylothorax Associated With Indolent Follicular Lymphoma
History of Present Illness A 62-year-old Caucasian woman experienced subacute onset of dyspnea. Chest radiography showed the presence of massive right pleural effusion ( Fig. 7.1 ). Therefore she was…
Relapsing Unilateral Pleural Effusion Due to Unrecognized Tuberculosis
History of Present Illness A 35-year-old Caucasian woman went to the emergency room for right chest pain, tachycardia, and low-grade fever (37.5° C [99.5° F]). The symptoms had begun a…
Lung Adenocarcinoma With Diffuse Pleural Infiltration in a Young Nonsmoker Man
History of Present Illness A 35-year-old Asian man was referred to the pulmonology department for shortness of breath and a dull pain in his right lateral chest. His symptoms, which…
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma With Trapped Lung
History of Present IllnessA 60-year-old man presented to the general practitioner for breathlessness and dry cough. The symptoms had arisen a few months earlier and had gradually worsened. Chest radiography…
