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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jun 2012
Case ReportsAn unusual case of pleural empyema in a tsunami survivor.
- Hideki Ota and Hideki Kawai.
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan. hidekiohta29@hotmail.com
- Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Jun 1;20(3):344-6.
AbstractA 74-year-old man who survived the tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake, was admitted to our department because of respiratory distress. He developed aspiration pneumonia and pleural empyema of the right thorax. Decortication was performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. An unsuspected aspirated pine tree branch and pulmonary pleural fistula were discovered. The branch was removed, the pleural fistula was opened for drainage of the intrapulmonary abscess, and the patient made a good recovery.
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