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ArticleCureus2025

Breaking Free: Managing Trapped Lung in Tubercular Empyema.

Jay Bhanushali, Babaji Ghewade, Ulhas Jadhav, Bingu Shiv Kiran Reddy, Nikhil Agarwal, Arman Sindhu

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jay BhanushaliRespiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Deemed to be University, Wardha, IND.
Babaji GhewadeRespiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Deemed to be University, Wardha, IND.
Ulhas JadhavRespiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Deemed to be University, Wardha, IND.
Bingu Shiv Kiran ReddyRespiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Deemed to be University, Wardha, IND.
Nikhil AgarwalPathology and Laboratory Medicine, Excel Diagnostics, Pune, IND.
Arman SindhuRespiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Deemed to be University, Wardha, IND.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health concern, particularly in high-burden countries. Pleural involvement, such as pleural thickening and trapped lung, is a common complication of tuberculous empyema, often leading to respiratory compromise and reduced quality of life. In this case report, a 58-year-old male farmer presented with progressive breathlessness and orthopnea, indicative of pleural pathology. Diagnostic thoracocentesis confirmed an exudative effusion positive for

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decorticationempyemapleural effusionpleural thickeningtuberculosis

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PMID39996199
PMCPMC11849755

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