POROUS DIAPHRAGM SYNDROMES

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1052-3359(25)00345-x

ISSN

1558-4526

Autores

Paul A. Kirschner,

Tópico(s)

Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments

Resumo

Porous diaphragm syndromes are a group of seemingly disparate clinical symptom complexes involving a wide variety of unrelated medical specialties. However, they are linked by a common anatomical feature, a defect in the diaphragm. They usually present with thoracic symptomatology--pleural effusions, pneumothorax, hemothorax, empyema--mediated by this defect. Management of these syndromes utilizes principles of thoracic surgical practice including thoracotomy and thoracoscopy.

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