hydropneumothorax/asthenia

OBJECTIVE Patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion are usually treated with large-bore chest tube placement and pleurodesis requiring > or = 3 days of hospitalization. We sought to demonstrate the feasibility of ambulatory drainage and sclerosis using a small-bore pigtail catheter in

Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in the southwestern United States, resulting in 100,000 infections annually. The majority of these infections are asymptomatic or manifest as community-acquired pneumonia. In rare cases, patients can present with a mononuclear-cell predominant pyopneumothorax. The

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of anterolateral approach in treating thoracolumbar disc protrusion. METHODS From May 2004 to May 2008, 11 patients with thoracolumbar disc protrusion (T10-L3) underwent discectomy, autologous iliac bone graft, and internal fixation via anterolateral approach. There

Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of inoculation with nontyphoid Salmonella compared to the general population. While nontyphoid Salmonella commonly manifests as gastroenteritis, Salmonella bacteremia can be seen in patients with HIV. We present a case of