1. Empyema thoracis complicated by anaemia as caused by occult bonelet aspiration
- Author
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Hsiao-Wen Tang, Yi-Ling Lai, Sen-Ei Shai, and Shih-Chieh Hung
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Thorax ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Case Report ,Anaemia ,Case Reports ,Empyema thoracis ,03 medical and health sciences ,foreign body aspiration ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,lcsh:RC705-779 ,Productive Cough ,business.industry ,lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system ,respiratory system ,medicine.disease ,Occult ,Empyema ,Surgery ,respiratory tract diseases ,Chronic cough ,030228 respiratory system ,Foreign body aspiration ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,empyema ,Foreign body ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
A 62‐year‐old man was referred to our medical centre with productive cough and high fever over the span of one week, as well as the affiliated symptoms of chronic cough and dizziness for more than six months. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax was performed and analysed revealing lobulated empyema with thick pleura and two foreign body (FB) retentions in the right lower lobe bronchus. The patient proceeded to thoracoscopic decortications and finalized through retrieval of two dark black stained bonelets with ignored aspiration. After surgery, the patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged in stable condition., We describe the successful treatment of an adult patient who presented to our hospital with the serious condition of empyema complicated by anaemia due to occult bonelet aspiration.
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- 2020