Indwelling pleural catheter for malignant pleural effusion with persistent air leak.
Cancer intervention
Pneumothorax
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Aug 2022
19 Aug 2022
Historique:
pmc-release:
19
08
2024
entrez:
19
8
2022
pubmed:
20
8
2022
medline:
24
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Malignant pleural effusion with persistent air leak (PAL) is a rare manifestation of lung malignancy. We present a woman in her 50s with postpleuroscopy PAL. Pleural biopsy confirmed adenocarcinoma with detection of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in exon 19. An indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) was inserted and connected to an Atrium Express Mini ambulatory drain. This procedure reduced the length of hospital stay. Autopleurodesis with resolution of PAL occurred at week 3 of IPC insertion.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35985740
pii: 15/8/e248574
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248574
pmc: PMC9396150
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.