1st Edition

Challenging Cases in Pleural Diseases

Edited By Najib Rahman, Radhika Banka Copyright 2024
174 Pages 17 Color & 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

174 Pages 17 Color & 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

174 Pages 17 Color & 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Although we live in an era of evidence-based medicine, case histories have always had an important role in medical education. This book aims to provide complex case-based learning in pleural medicine, which is an integral part of respiratory medicine. It delivers practical knowledge learned through the experience of leading international authorities. Each case comprises clinical history,... Read more

1.       A post operative pleural effusion

Anand Sundaralingam

2.       Pleural effusion and chest pain in an elderly gentleman

Mohamed Ellayeh

3.       A difficult to drain effusion

Vineeth George

4.       A recurrent and persistent effusion

Eihab Bedawi

5.       To ambulate or admit?

Eihab Bedawi

6.       Right sided pleural effusion in a young Nepalese man

Radhika Banka

7.       Bilateral transudative effusions

Poppy Denniston

8.       Renal failure and pleural fluid

Anand Sundaralingam

9.       Management of pleural effusion in a patient with known liver disease

Mohamed Ellayeh

10.   Pleural effusion and thickening after asbestos exposure

Hui Guo

11.   Recurrent effusion in a cyclist

Dinesh Addala

12.   Pleural thickening and effusion in a traveller

Hui Guo

13.   Recurrent effusion in a patient on amiodarone   

Najib M Rahman

14.   A case of green pleural fluid     

Rachelle Asciak

15.   Pleural effusion in a patient with previous pancreatitis

Vineeth George

16.   Pleural effusion and abnormal bones                 

Najib M Rahman

17.   Pleural effusion in a patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia                 

Dinesh Addala

18.   An unusual pleural abnormality

Rachelle Asciak

19.   Pneumothorax in chronic lung disease

Beenish Iqbal

20.   Air in the wrong place

Rob Hallifax

21.   Recurrent chest pain in a young woman

Beenish Iqbal

22.    An interesting case of recurrent pneumothoraces

Rob Hallifax

23.   Post effusion drainage complication in a 86 year old gentleman

Poppy Denniston

24.   Chest pain in a 65 year old writer post pleural fluid aspiration

Soumya Ghatak, Radhika Banka

25.   A simple pneumothorax?

Rachel Mercer

Biography

Professor Najib M Rahman - Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Director of the Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford (Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK)

Dr Radhika Banka - Consultant Respiratory Physician at PD Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India