Metastatic Lung Cancer Presenting as Thoracic Empyema in an Old Patient

Ym, Tsai; Yc, Lin; Tw, Huang; Chang, Hung

doi:10.7727/wimj.2013.291

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“…Pleural‐thoracic empyema (commonly referred simply as empyema) or pyothorax refers to an infected purulent and often loculated pleural effusion and is the cause of a large unilateral pleural collection. It is a potentially life‐threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment . Empyema is usually the complication of another underlying abnormality and may occur in about 5% of cases of pneumonia.…”

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Metastatic lung cancer presenting as thoracic empyema. A Case report

Leporati

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Cioffi

et al. 2020

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Increased cancer risk in patients with inflammatory and infectious diseases has been reported in many studies and lung cancer‐associated empyema in <0.3% patients. We present a patient with empyema in whom the final diagnosis was metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Purulent pleural fluid obtained by drainage or thoracentesis must always been examined because the association of malignant tumors and empyema should be taken into consideration.

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“…It is a potentially life-threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. 2,3 Empyema is usually the complication of another underlying abnormality and may occur in about 5% of cases of pneumonia. Primary lung cancer with associated empyema has been reported in <0.3% patients.…”

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