Thoracolithiasis diagnosed by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia
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Thoracolithiasis diagnosed by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia
A 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a lung nodule identified on chest radiography. Computed tomography (CT) showed a 10-mm calcified nodule in the left thoracic cavity. On follow-up CT, the nodule was found in a different location within the left thoracic cavity. Thoracoscopy was performed under local anesthesia, removing a pearl-like pleural stone. Thoracolithiasis was therefo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2051-3380,2051-3380
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.114