Yatziv I, Katz S, Granot E
Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Isr J Med Sci. 1992 Jun;28(6):362-4.
Esophageal sclerotherapy is widely used in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Complications vary from chest pain to esophageal perforation. Our patient, suffering from cavernous transformation of the portal vein, developed massive empyema following sclerotherapy. Although small asymptomatic pleural effusions have been reported, massive empyema requiring surgical drainage, without evidence of esophageal perforation, has, to our knowledge, not been described.
食管硬化疗法广泛应用于治疗食管静脉曲张出血。其并发症从胸痛到食管穿孔不等。我们的患者患有门静脉海绵样变性，在硬化疗法后发生了大量脓胸。虽然已有报道称出现过无症状的少量胸腔积液，但据我们所知，尚未有关于在无食管穿孔证据的情况下需要手术引流的大量脓胸的描述。
