CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, Plombage was a common surgical technique formerly used for treatment of cavitary tuberculosis. Our case highlights the importance of considering past surgical interventions in imaging evaluation, as Plombage can cause pleural-based lesions with calcifications and laminar linear densities.

2020年9月8日 · Plombage, also known as extraperiosteal or extrapleural pneumonolysis, is a historical treatment method for cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobes of the lungs. It was used in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s prior to the introduction of effective antituberculous drugs, when treatment of tuberculosis consisted of rest, isolation, and proper nutrition.

2016年12月30日 · Plombage is a surgical treatment method used to treat cavitary TB of the upper lobe of the lung. 1 It was a historical treatment during 1930–50s prior to the introduction of anti-TB drug therapy, 1 where TB treatment relied upon rest, proper nutrition and isolation. The word Plombage derived from Latin word ‘plumbum’ which means, ‘lead’.

2025年3月8日 · Plombage for Tuberculosis. White arrows point to lucite balls that were inserted into the right upper thorax in order to collapse the adjacent right upper lobe as an early treatment for tuberculosis to "put the lung at rest."

Results: An 78-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated with plombage in 1962, ischemic heart disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, was admitted to hospital for axillary swelling and pleurocutaneous fistula.

DISCUSSION: During the 1930s-1950s the standard of care for TB involved surgical collapse of the lung; a treatment called, “plombage”. A shift toward antibiotic treatment was made with the development of streptomycin in 1946, which was found to have curative effects [2].

Pleural involvement is common in tuberculosis, usually taking the form of an effusion in an apparently healthy young person soon after the primary infection. Pleural involvement may also complicate obvious active pulmonary tuberculosis or even apparently healed disease. The effusion is usually clear but occasionally blood-tinged.

1995年10月1日 · An extraperiosteal pneumonolysis with Lucite ball plombage had been performed 45 years earlier at the City of Hope National Medical Center as treatment for right upper lobe cavitary tuberculosis. The patient did well until 1979 when nodular, poorly differentiated lymphoma was diagnosed and treated with …

2016年10月27日 · Only active pulmonary TB is contagious. In many low-income and middle-income countries, TB continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and drug-resistant TB is a major concern...

Extrapleural lucite ball plombage has been used 72 times in 64 patients. There have been two deaths, one postoperatively three days after operation from extensive flare-up of disease, and one from recurrent tuberculous meningitis several months after pulmonary plombage. No other complications have developed.