Treatment of chronic tuberculous empyema by intrapleural injection of anhydrous ethanol

Background: Anhydrous ethanol, for its part, has been successfully used to treat renal cyst, hepatocellular carcinoma and ovarian chocolate cyst et al. However, in spite of the high frequency of tuberculous purulent pleural effusion, we found that only a few very early studies that attempted to asse...

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Main Authors: Qi Nie, Li-xuan Tao, Sheng-jin Tu, Yuan Wei, Ge Yao, Cai-hong Li, Wen-juan Wu, Ding-yu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118303046