Pleuro-cutaneous fístula 52 years after oleothorax

Authors

  • Graça Pires Interna do Internato Complementar de Imunoalergologia, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • Maria José Goes Interna do lnternato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • Vasco Geraldes Assistente Eventual de Cirurgia, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • Jorge Rodrigues Assistente Hospitalar de Radiologia, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • João Rolo Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • António Castro Director de Serviço de Medicina Interna, Serviço 2 de Medicina do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa

Keywords:

oleothorax, pleurocutaneous fís­tula, tuberculosís

Abstract

Oleothorax was largely used from 1930 to 1950 in the treatment of pulmonary tubercu­losis (PBT). Although it has been discontinued since the 1950's, mainly because of the suc­cess of chemotherapy and the thoracic sur­gery, complications have appeared many ye­ars later. The autbors report the case report of an 80 years old man, with a previous his­tory of PTB, treated at the age 52 with oleothorax, admitted to study a mass in tbe right supraclavicular region. Computorised axial tomograpby revealed a pleurocutaneous fís­tula. Aspiration revealed an oily content.

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1998-12-31

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Pires G, Goes MJ, Geraldes V, Rodrigues J, Rolo J, Castro A. Pleuro-cutaneous fístula 52 years after oleothorax. RPMI [Internet]. 1998 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 May 20];5(4):248-50. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2159

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (1998): Outubro/ Dezembro

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Case Reports

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