Kawakami Naoki, Kushimoto Kohei, Saito Fumitake, Namkoong Ho
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine Eiju General Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Clin Case Rep. 2020 Feb 5;8(3):574-575. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2684. eCollection 2020 Mar.
A 70-year-old male presented with a 1-month history of malaise and fever. He was diagnosed with chronic empyema and went into shock by cardiac tamponade after treatment. This case shows that even chronic empyema can cause cardiac tamponade. It should be considered as differential diagnoses of shock after empyema treatment.
一名70岁男性,有1个月的乏力和发热病史。他被诊断为慢性脓胸,治疗后因心脏压塞而休克。该病例表明,即使是慢性脓胸也可导致心脏压塞。在脓胸治疗后出现休克时,应将其视为鉴别诊断之一。