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Case Report
Intrapulmonary Placement of a Pleural Catheter
  1. Eric B. Lefever, M.D.*,
  2. Richard M. Rosenthal, M.D.** and
  3. Somayaji Ramamurthy, M.D.†
  1. From the Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.
  2. *Fellow in Pain Management, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam, Houston, Texas.
  3. **Resident in Anesthesiology, University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio.
  4. †Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio.
  1. Address reprint requests to Eric B. Lefever, M.D., Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.

Objective and Conclusion.

A case of intrapulmonary placement of a pleural catheter is described that was likely due to the presence of focal pleural thickening at the site of catheter insertion.

  • Anesthetics
  • local
  • anesthetic techniques
  • regional
  • pleural
  • intercostal
  • complications
  • pneumothorax
  • pain
  • postherpetic neuralgia.

https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-00115550-199217020-00010

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