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Monday, December 12, 2011
Old Timer
Challenge: Why does this patient have what looks like ping pong balls in his lungs? By the way, he got this treatment in the 1940s.
yes!! pretty crazy, the things they used to do... - Old Timer
This is plombage, done for tuberculosis prior to antibiotic treatment. This refers to placement of an inert object, here - lucite balls - against the lung to collapse the underlying cavity.
Older Methods of Treating TB
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“Ping-Pong Ball Plombage
yes!! pretty crazy, the things they used to do...
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Old Timer
This is plombage, done for tuberculosis prior to antibiotic treatment. This refers to placement of an inert object, here - lucite balls - against the lung to collapse the underlying cavity.
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