Contralateral reexpansion pulmonary edema with ipsilateral collapsed lung after pleural effusion drainage: a case report
Reexpansion pulmonary edema is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when a collapsed lung reexpands, usually in the same side of collapsed lung. We present a rare case in which a 57-year-old Korean man had a large amount of malignant pleural effusion. After undergoing tube t...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456794/ |