Hydropneumothorax

09/01/2014 - "Although her symptoms improved with steroid therapy, repeat imaging revealed that right hydropneumothorax had developed, and this required the insertion of a chest drain. "
01/01/2013 - "The case presented was a 39-year-old male patient with diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis developed hydropneumothorax while taking steroid and immunosuppressive treatment and examination of pleural fluid revealed acid-fast bacilli. "

09/01/2023 - "This study aims to evaluate the role of serratiopeptidase in successful resolution of tubercular hydropneumothorax and avoidance of thoracic surgery. "
09/01/2023 - "We conclude that the addition of serratiopeptidase to anti-tubercular drugs regimen can lead to better clinical outcomes and avoidance of thoracic surgery, in patients of tubercular hydropneumothorax."
09/01/2023 - "Does serratiopeptidase prevent thoracic surgery in patients of hydropneumothorax of tubercular aetiology?"

02/02/2009 - "A 51-year-old man with no known history of asbestos exposure presented with hydropneumothorax. "
01/02/2020 - "This case illustrates the importance of maintaining a broad differential for hydropneumothorax, particularly as the risk factors may be decades removed and the degree of asbestos exposure to induce a malignant mesothelioma may be smaller than has been traditionally thought."
06/01/2009 - "We describe the clinical and pathologic findings of a 68-year-old smoker with previous asbestos exposure who presented with spontaneous hydropneumothorax and was diagnosed with synchronous undifferentiated lung carcinoma and incidental malignant pleural mesothelioma. "
10/01/1996 - "For the elderly with hydropneumothorax, it was necessary to rule out the malignant mesothelioma based on the past history of asbestos exposure, analysis of value of hyaluronic acid in the pleural effusion and the CT scan findings revealing pleural thickening, plaques and nodules. "

09/01/2023 - "In this report, we present a case of hydropneumothorax as the initial presentation of LAM in a 33-year-old woman, a rather rare presentation. "
10/01/1994 - "A new case is reported; this woman was admitted to our Division for a right hydropneumothorax and after pleural drainage fluid demonstrated to be a chylous effusion; after a thoraco-abdominal CT scan the diagnosis of LAM was suspected. "
06/01/2021 - "Although chest radiograph and following CT scan has given an incidental diagnosis of right hydropneumothorax, treatment with drainages and video-assisted thorascopic surgery, instead, has allowed us to formulate correct diagnosis of cysts in LAM."

03/01/1993 - "A radiograph of the chest showed a right-sided hydropneumothorax, which was proven to be a chylous effusion by lipoprotein electrophoresis and was very refractory to tetracycline-pleurodesis. "
02/01/1993 - "Chemical pleurodesis with tetracycline and 4% sodium bicarbonate solution was conducted in patients with complicated forms of pneumothorax (bronchopleural fistulas, hydropneumothorax). "

01/01/1956 - "[Prednisone in the hydropneumothorax ex vacuo]."
01/01/2011 - "A patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) on low-dose prednisone and methotrexate presented moribund with chest and shoulder pain, a left hydropneumothorax, progressive respiratory failure and shock. "

10/01/2006 - "The diagnosis was confirmed with a series of gastrograffin esophagograms which revealed a leak in the lower part of the esophagus, with hydropneumothorax."
01/01/1988 - "Early radiologic findings included free subcutaneous and mediastinal air, followed later by hydropneumothorax and mediastinal widening as well as leak of contrast material on gastrografin swallow. "

02/26/2019 - "The right-sided hydropneumothorax was initially treated conservatively with antibiotics and chest tube drains followed by video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication with chest tube placement. "
11/01/2020 - "Despite optimal antibiotic therapy, BPF and hydropneumothorax failed to resolve and surgical approach was performed to debride the necrotic area and seal the fistula. "

02/01/1993 - "Chemical pleurodesis with tetracycline and 4% sodium bicarbonate solution was conducted in patients with complicated forms of pneumothorax (bronchopleural fistulas, hydropneumothorax). "

03/01/2022 - "We report a fatal case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-induced necrotizing pneumonia that was refractory to adequate vancomycin treatment (trough value, 13.1 µg/ml), drainage of hydropneumothorax, and veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. "

01/10/2018 - "He continued to deteriorate despite appropriate therapy and developed a hydropneumothorax, requiring the insertion of a chest drain. "
06/01/2022 - "A rare case of pulmonary mucormycosis complicated by hydropneumothorax, successfully treated with non-surgical therapies."
09/01/2014 - "Although her symptoms improved with steroid therapy, repeat imaging revealed that right hydropneumothorax had developed, and this required the insertion of a chest drain. "
01/01/2016 - "In our case of pleural TB-associated hydropneumothorax, the use of intrapleural tPA-DNase therapy facilitated pleural fluid drainage and resulted in near-complete resolution of the effusion. "
11/01/2020 - "Despite optimal antibiotic therapy, BPF and hydropneumothorax failed to resolve and surgical approach was performed to debride the necrotic area and seal the fistula. "

07/01/2023 - "Initial chest X-ray in the emergency room showed a right-sided hydropneumothorax requiring chest tube placement. "
03/01/2023 - "Over the next several weeks, the patient had recurrent admissions and chest tube placements for unresolving hydropneumothorax. "
01/30/2020 - "On early follow-up, she presented with recurrent hydropneumothorax, which was successfully managed with CT-guided chest tube placement and remained stable on further follow-ups. "
01/01/2020 - "Chest X-ray showed hydropneumothorax on the left hemithorax; then, chest tube was placed with an initial drainage of 2000 ml of blood."
04/01/2017 - "Hydropneumothorax requiring chest tube was seen in 8 (5.6%) patients. "

12/01/2001 - "In this study, we intended to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the suspended microbubble sign in differentiating empyemic and nonempyemic hydropneumothorax. "
06/01/2004 - "The panel of sonographic features suggestive of hydropneumothorax, including the presence of air-fluid level, the curtain sign, loss of gliding sign above the air-fluid level, and the suspended microbubble sign, were recorded and analyzed by a consensus of blinded readers. "
12/01/2001 - "The suspended microbubble sign shown on ultrasonography might be of considerable value in differentiating empyemic and nonempyemic hydropneumothorax."
12/01/2001 - "In this selected population, the sensitivity and specificity of the suspended microbubble sign in aiding a diagnosis of empyemic hydropneumothorax were both 100%. "
12/01/2001 - "The suspended microbubble sign was shown on ultrasonography in all 8 patients with empyemic hydropneumothorax but was absent in the 23 patients with nonempyemic hydropneumothorax. "

01/01/2018 - "The tube thoracostomy had been performed in another hospital for an apparent left hydropneumothorax before he arrived in our hospital. "
04/19/2006 - "Eight of 37 patients suffered from hydropneumothorax due to tube thoracostomy detected by sonography. "
11/01/2012 - "Chest radiograph showed right sided hydropneumothorax which revealed frank pus on diagnostic thoracocentesis, for which tube thoracostomy was done. "
01/01/2011 - "A young adult presented with signs of peritonitis following tube thoracostomy for suspected acute hydropneumothorax. "
03/01/2021 - "Left chest tube thoracostomy was performed and computed tomography of chest revealed aortic isthmus aneurysm with dissection extending to distal left common iliac artery and residual left hydropneumothorax. "

07/29/2021 - "Cerebral air embolism after indwelling pleural catheter insertion in a chronic hydropneumothorax secondary to epithelioid mesothelioma."
03/01/1997 - "Fifteen patients (35%) sustained catheter-related complication, which included sepsis (26%), pneumothorax (9%), hydropneumothorax (2%), and septic right atrial thrombosis (2%), in the course of hospitalisation. "
11/01/1993 - "Fifteen patients (35%) sustained catheter-related complication, which included sepsis (26%), pneumothorax (9%), hydropneumothorax (2%), and septic right atrial thrombosis (2%), in the course of hospitalization. "
05/01/2020 - "Chest pain occurred more often in the HPT (hydropneumothorax) group than that in the other 3 groups (pure pneumothorax [PT], pulmonary interstitial emphysema [PIE], complex ALS) (71.4% vs 11.1%, 0.0%, and 26.5%, P = .005); ALS thickness in the HPT group was greater than that in the other 2 groups (PIE and complex ALS) (19.7 vs 3.5 cm and 9.5 cm, P = .001); catheter drainage occurred more often in the HPT group than that in the other three groups (PT, PIE, complexALS) (64.3% vs 22.2%, 0.0%, and 2.9%, P = .001).ALS is a high risk in male patients who have a low BMI, have leukemia as a basic disease, and have basic lung diseases (eg, BO/BOOP). "