A Patient Presenting Purulent Discharge From Open Window Thoracostomy.
- Author:
In Sook KANG
1
;
Ji Min JUNG
;
Yon Ju RYU
;
Yookyung KIM
;
Jin Hwa LEE
;
Eun Mee CHEON
;
Dong Ki NAM
;
Jung Hyun CHANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Thoracostomy; Computed tomography; Foreign body
- MeSH: Aged; Bronchoscopy; Empyema, Tuberculous; Foreign Bodies; Humans; Pneumonectomy; Thoracostomy*; Thorax
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004;57(1):78-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: A 73-year-old man who had undergone a right pneumonectomy and open window thoracostomy due to tuberculous empyema, presented with purulent discharge from the previous operation site. The computed tomography of the chest showed diffuse pleural thickening and a low attenuated lesion, with air bubbles in a dependent portion of the right hemithorax. These air bubbles were revealed to be due to 7 pieces of retained surgical gauze by flexible bronchoscopy. The patient showed marked clinical improvement with diminished purulent discharge after removal of the foreign bodies.
