Manco, Alessandra and Alfieri, Veronica and Gnetti, Letizia and Aiello, Marina and Bertorelli, Giuseppina and Majori, Maria and Chetta, Alfredo (2021) Cryptogenic Fibrosing Pleuritis. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (5). pp. 1-4. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
We report the case of a 46-year-old male patient who was referred for chest pain and bilateral pleural effusion. Despite treatment with antibiotics and steroids, the pleural effusion worsened over a few months until pulmonary function was halved. The CT scan showed bilateral pleural thickening with right basal opacity. Histology revealed extensive fibrotic tissue with focal collections of lymphocytes and giant cells without traces of asbestos bodies. Since no evidence of an infectious, embolic or occupational aetiology was found, this bilateral pleural effusion progressing to diffuse pleural thickening was diagnosed as cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis, a rare pleural disease.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis, pleural thickening, pleural effusion |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2022 16:59 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2022 16:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21246 |
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