Abstract
Benign pleural effusions are rarely treated with pleurodesis. We report a case of left-sided pleurodesis in a patient with rightsided destroyed lung. A 83-year-old man with right-sided destroyed lung was hospitalized because of reccurent left-sided massive pleural effusion due to cardiomyopathy. The patient was treated with left pleurodesis. He was then discharged from hospital and given diuretics therapy. At the one-year follow-up examinations, dyspnea and effusion had not recorded.
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Article Type: Case Report
EUR J GEN MED, Volume 10, Issue Supplement 1, 2013, 55-57
https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82309
Publication date: 09 Jan 2013
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