Fluid-filled Giant Bulla Treated with Percutaneous Drainage and Talc Sclerotherapy: A Modified Brompton Technique.
10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.2.134
- Author:
Kyung Hak LEE
1
;
Seong Joon CHO
;
Se Min RYU
;
Sung Min PARK
;
Kil Soo YIE
;
Seon Sook HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Korea. joon@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bullae;
Sclerotherapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Blister;
Catheters;
Drainage;
Humans;
Pleura;
Sclerotherapy;
Suction;
Talc
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012;45(2):134-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 75-year-old man who was diagnosed as having a fluid-filled giant bulla was treated with a modified Brompton technique due to his poor performance status. Percutaneous drainage, suction, and talc sclerotherapy through a Foley catheter can be good treatment options for patients with conditions that are too poor to allow surgical intervention, especially if there is adhesion between a giant bulla and parietal pleura. Talc can also be used safely when mixed with normal saline as a sclerosant.
