Einstein (São Paulo) (Dec 2007)

Eosinophilic pleural effusion after trauma – A case report

  • Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho,
  • Arthur Rothman,
  • Jaime Zaladek Gil,
  • Eduardo de Campos Werebe,
  • Antonio Alberto Vieira de Souza,
  • Marcelo Heleno Fonseca,
  • Milton Steinman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 375 – 377

Abstract

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RFC, 85-year-old female, with discomfort in right hemithorax. Chesttomography at admission revealed pleural effusion on the right, andvideothorascopy identified traumatic hematomas with no other lesions.Trauma is a differential diagnosis for eosinophilic pleural effusions.Video-assisted thoracic surgery has been established as the bestprocedure for differential diagnosIs in pleural effusions.

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