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Pyothorax and Constrictive Pericarditis after Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer.
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2024 May 15; Vol. 63 (10), pp. 1387-1393. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 13. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- A 75-year-old man underwent chemoradiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer. After nine years, he was hospitalized for left pyothorax. Consequently, the patient underwent drainage and window opening surgery. He experienced cardiopulmonary arrest but was resuscitated. Based on cardiac catheterization data, the patient was diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. Unfortunately, extracorporeal circulation did not improve his condition, and he ultimately died. An autopsy revealed adhesion between the pericardium and pleura, especially the pericardium in contact with the left thoracic cavity, which was markedly thickened. This suggests that constrictive pericarditis, a latent complication of chemoradiotherapy, is aggravated by pyothorax.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37839880
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2502-23