RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pneumothorax secondary to septic pulmonary emboli in tricuspid endocarditis.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 1080
OP 1081
DO 10.1136/thx.47.12.1080
VO 47
IS 12
A1 J E Corzo
A1 F Lozano de León
A1 J Gómez-Mateos
A1 L López-Cortes
A1 R Vázquez
A1 F García-Bragado
YR 1992
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/47/12/1080.abstract
AB Two cases of pneumothorax secondary to pulmonary septic infarctions occurred in the course of tricuspid endocarditis in intravenous drug misusers. This unusual complication must be considered in patients with right sided endocarditis who develop pleuritic chest pain, haemoptysis, or breathlessness.