PLEURAL DISEASES. CLINICAL CASES AND REAL-WORLD DISCUSSIONS

• PART I Malignancies
1 Malignant Pleural Effusion With Nonexpandable Lung and Hydropneumothorax After Thoracentesis
2 Pleural Plaques and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in a Patient With Previous Asbestos Exposure
3 Malignant Pleural Effusion in Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism
4 Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Complicating a Tuberculous Fibrothorax
5 Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma With Trapped Lung
6 Lung Adenocarcinoma With Diffuse Pleural Infiltration in a Young Nonsmoker Man
7 Chylothorax Associated With Indolent Follicular Lymphoma
• Part II Infections
8 Relapsing Unilateral Pleural Effusion Due to Unrecognized Tuberculosis
9 Loculated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion Treated With Intracavitary Urokinase
10 Primary Pleural Empyema in a Hemodialysis Patient With CatheterRelated Bloodstream Infection
11 Pyopneumothorax in Necrotizing Pneumonia With Bronchopleural Fistula
12 Pneumonia and Volume Overload Complicating Chronic Fibrothorax With Persistent Fluid Collection
13 Late Postpneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula With Pleural Empyema
14 Tuberculous Pleural Effusion and Pott Disease
• Part III Miscellanea
15 Cloudy Pleural Effusion in a Heavy Smoker With Rheumatoid Arthritis
16 Calcified Pleural Plaques in a Man With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
17 Middle and Low Back Pain Due to Pulmonary Embolism With Ipsilateral Pleural Effusion
18 Bilateral Asymmetrical Pleural Effusion Due to Congestive Heart Failure
19 Posttraumatic Hemothorax and Pneumothorax in a Patient on Oral Anticoagulant
20 Pneumothorax After Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung
21 Primary Spontaneous Right Pneumothorax in a Patient With Pulmonary Bullae
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Using a unique, case-based approach, Pleural Diseases: Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions brings you up to date with the latest advances in this fast-moving subspecialty. A wide variety of real-world challenges are presented along with multiple perspectives from expert pulmonologists who discuss and analyze each case collaboratively, replicating actual patient experiences and outcomes. This first-of-its-kind resource is ideal for practicing pulmonologists and fellows, interventional pulmonologists, critical care physicians, and others who are interested in an interactive approach to everyday clinical problems related to pleural disease.

Authors
• Claudio Sorino, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, Italy.
• David Feller-Kopman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland USA.
• Giampietro Marchetti, MD, Associate Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Department of Pulmonology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy