Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings
We describe a patient with empyema thoracis that had eroded through the apical chest wall to the supraclavicular fossa and lung parenchyma, ultimately leading to a bronchopleural fistula manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings over the chest wall and supraclavicu...
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| author | Kuan, Yeh Chunn How, Soon Hin Yeen, Wing Choy Ng, Teck Han Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
| author_facet | Kuan, Yeh Chunn How, Soon Hin Yeen, Wing Choy Ng, Teck Han Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
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| description | We describe a patient with empyema thoracis that had
eroded through the apical chest wall to the supraclavicular
fossa and lung parenchyma, ultimately leading to a
bronchopleural fistula manifesting as lobulated, localized
subcutaneous emphysematous swellings over the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa. This is a rarely reported phenomenon and the reason why the lobulated subcutaneous emphysematous swellings remained localized is unknown |
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| spelling | iium-172832020-05-12T00:56:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17283/ Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings Kuan, Yeh Chunn How, Soon Hin Yeen, Wing Choy Ng, Teck Han Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi RC Internal medicine We describe a patient with empyema thoracis that had eroded through the apical chest wall to the supraclavicular fossa and lung parenchyma, ultimately leading to a bronchopleural fistula manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings over the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa. This is a rarely reported phenomenon and the reason why the lobulated subcutaneous emphysematous swellings remained localized is unknown Elsevier Inc. 2011-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17283/1/Kuan_Empyema_Thoracis_Complicated.pdf Kuan, Yeh Chunn and How, Soon Hin and Yeen, Wing Choy and Ng, Teck Han and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2011) Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings. The Annals of Thracic Surgery, 91. pp. 1969-1971. ISSN 0003-4975 (P), 1552-6259 (O) http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/6/1969 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.075 |
| spellingShingle | RC Internal medicine Kuan, Yeh Chunn How, Soon Hin Yeen, Wing Choy Ng, Teck Han Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title | Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title_full | Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title_fullStr | Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title_short | Empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| title_sort | empyema thoracis complicated by pneumothorax neccessitans manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings |
| topic | RC Internal medicine |
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