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Chest, Vol 87, 404-405, Copyright © 1985 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Charcoal-containing empyema complicating treatment for overdose

FR Justiniani, R Hippalgaonkar and LO Martinez

A 25-year-old man was treated with gastric lavage and activated charcoal for alcohol and drug overdose; immediately following the initial treatment he developed tension pneumothorax successfully managed with a chest tube. The patient presented four weeks later with a charcoal-containing empyema, an unreported condition heretofore.


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