J. Ibabao et al., Bilateral pleural effusions in a beta-thalassemia intermedia patient with posterior mediastinal extramedullary hematopoietic masses, HEMOGLOBIN, 23(3), 1999, pp. 249-253
Intractable bilateral exudative pleural effusions developed, following syst
emic sepsis without pulmonary infection, in a beta-thalassemia intermedia p
atient with longstanding mediastinal hematopoietic masses. The pleura were
not infiltrated by hematopoietic cells. Bilateral talc pleurodesis successf
ully controlled the effusions.