An 88-Year-Old Woman With Pneumothorax and Black Pleural Effusion

Shota Takenaka; Masayo Yoshimura; Yoshiaki Kinoshita; Takuhide Utsunomiya; Hisako Kushima; Satoshi Nimura; Hiroshi Ishii

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2023.12.002

An 88-Year-Old Woman With Pneumothorax and Black Pleural Effusion

Chest. 2024 Apr;165(4):e119-e123. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.12.002.

Authors

Shota Takenaka¹, Masayo Yoshimura², Yoshiaki Kinoshita¹, Takuhide Utsunomiya¹, Hisako Kushima¹, Satoshi Nimura², Hiroshi Ishii³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan. Electronic address: hishii@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 38599756
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.12.002

Abstract

An 88-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the sudden onset of dyspnea after eating. The patient had undergone nephrectomy for a left renal tumor 24 years previously. The patient had been prescribed ferrous citrate for iron-deficiency anemia. She complained of appetite loss a few days before admission but had no abdominal pain. CT scan showed no abnormalities in the lungs but a mass in the liver.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Exudates and Transudates
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms* / surgery
Nephrectomy
Pleural Effusion* / diagnostic imaging
Pleural Effusion* / etiology
Pneumothorax* / diagnostic imaging
Pneumothorax* / etiology