Abstract
Oleothorax, the instillation of mineral or olive oil into the pleural space, was introduced as a form of collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis by Bernou in 1922 (1). Never an established mode of treatment, it was used either to inhibit lung expansion in patients in whom a previously satisfactory artificial pneumothorax had failed, or as ‘disinfection’ treatment for tuberculous empyema (2,3). We have recently seen a patient who presented with a tuberculous empyema 62 years after oleothorax therapy.
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