TY - JOUR AU - Archontogeorgis, Kostas AU - Lanfranco, Anthony AU - Koulelidis, Andreas AU - Froudarakis, Marios E. PY - 2016/06/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Bilateral empyema treated by sequential pleuroscopy JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 81 IS - 1-2 SE - Pneumology - Case Reports DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2015.735 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/735 SP - AB - <p>Bilateral empyema associated to infectious pericarditis is an extremely rare, yet life-threatening condition. Pleuroscopy-medical thoracoscopy has proved its efficacy in series of patients with empyema. Yet, all reported cases treated by this technique, concerned patients with pleural infection located to a single hemithorax. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with bilateral empyema treated successfully by sequential pleuroscopy, associated to infectious pericarditis.</p> ER -