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Endoscopy 1985; 17(1): 21-25
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018448
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018448
Diagnostic Thoracoscopy in Pleuro-pulmonary Infiltrates without Pleural Effusion
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
Summary
In seven patients with pleuro-pulmonary infiltrates without pleural effusion, an artificial pneumothorax was induced, followed by diagnostic thoracoscopy, as the first and only invasive investigation; in all cases the diagnosis was confirmed by this simple procedure. The method has a low mortality correlated to other alternative diagnostic methods.
Key words:
Pleuro-pulmonary infiltrates without pleural effusion - Artificial pneumothorax - Thoracoscopy - Major and minor complications