1. Eosinophilic pleural effusion after trauma – A case report
- Author
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Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho, Arthur Rothman, Jaime Zaladek Gil, Eduardo de Campos Werebe, Antonio Alberto Vieira de Souza, Marcelo Heleno Fonseca, and Milton Steinman
- Subjects
Pleural effusion ,Pulmonary eosinophilia ,Video-assisted thoracic surgery ,Hematoma ,Differential diagnosis ,Case reports ,Medicine - Abstract
RFC, 85-year-old female, with discomfort in right hemithorax. Chesttomography at admission revealed pleural effusion on the right, andvideothorascopy identified traumatic hematomas with no other lesions.Trauma is a differential diagnosis for eosinophilic pleural effusions.Video-assisted thoracic surgery has been established as the bestprocedure for differential diagnosIs in pleural effusions.
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- 2007