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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This compact reference provides a user-friendly tool that allows readers rapid access to the scope of pleural disease, including the key aspects of history, examination, imaging, and management of both benign and malignant pleural problems. This is a wonderful tool for students and junior postgraduate trainees encountering this important group of chest health concerns." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, David James Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!
Table of ContentsPART I Malignancies 1 Malignant Pleural Effusion With Nonexpandable Lung and Hydropneumothorax After Thoracentesis Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman Giampietro Marchetti 2 Pleural Plaques and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in a Patient With Previous Asbestos Exposure Giampietro Marchetti Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman 3 Malignant Pleural Effusion in Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman Giampietro Marchetti Mario Spatafora 4 Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Complicating a Tuberculous Fibrothorax Giampietro Marchetti Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman Stefano Elia 5 Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma With Trapped Lung Claudio Sorino Filippo Lococo Giampietro Marchetti Abdul Hamid Alraiyes 6 Lung Adenocarcinoma With Diffuse Pleural Infiltration in a Young Nonsmoker Man Hari Kishan Gonuguntla Nitesh Gupta Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman 7 Chylothorax Associated With Indolent Follicular Lymphoma Filippo Lococo Claudio Sorino Giampietro Marchetti David Feller-Kopman Part II Infections 8 Relapsing Unilateral Pleural Effusion Due to Unrecognized Tuberculosis Claudio Sorino David Feller-Kopman Giampietro Marchetti Michele Mondoni 9 Loculated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion Treated With Intracavitary Urokinase Alessandro Zanforlin Claudio Sorino Michele Mondoni 10 Primary Pleural Empyema in a Hemodialysis Patient With CatheterRelated Bloodstream Infection Claudio Sorino Fabio Pirracchio Sergio Agati Abdul Hamid Alraiyes 11 Pyopneumothorax in Necrotizing Pneumonia With Bronchopleural Fistula Giampietro Marchetti Claudio Sorino Stefano Negri Valentina Pinelli 12 Pneumonia and Volume Overload Complicating Chronic Fibrothorax With Persistent Fluid Collection Stefano Elia Claudio Sorino Giampietro Marchetti Stefano Negri Natalia Buda 13 Late Postpneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula With Pleural Empyema Fabrizio Minervini Marco Scarci Claudio Sorino Pietro Bertoglio 14 Tuberculous Pleural Effusion and Pott Disease Claudio Sorino Sergio Agati Stefano Negri Giampietro Marchetti Part III Miscellanea 15 Cloudy Pleural Effusion in a Heavy Smoker With Rheumatoid Arthritis Michele Mondoni Paolo Carlucci Claudio Sorino Giampietro Marchetti David Feller-Kopman 16 Calcified Pleural Plaques in a Man With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Claudio Sorino Stefano Negri Sergio Agati David Feller-Kopman 17 Middle and Low Back Pain Due to Pulmonary Embolism With Ipsilateral Pleural Effusion Claudio Sorino Alessandro Squizzato Natalia Buda Giampietro Marchetti David Feller-Kopman 18 Bilateral Asymmetrical Pleural Effusion Due to Congestive Heart Failure Claudio Sorino Mario Tamburrini David Feller-Kopman 19 Posttraumatic Hemothorax and Pneumothorax in a Patient on Oral Anticoagulant Claudio Sorino Alessandro Squizzato Francesco Inzirillo David Feller-Kopman 20 Pneumothorax After Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung Claudio Sorino Cecilia Sampietro Angelo Calati Giuseppe Pepe 21 Primary Spontaneous Right Pneumothorax in a Patient With Pulmonary Bullae Claudio Sorino Filippo Lococo Stefano Negri Stefano Elia Giampietro Marchetti Index
