Publications by authors named "Rui-Mei Zhang"
Rationale: Late-onset bronchopleural fistula (BPF) induced by chemotherapy after lobectomy for lung cancer is rarely reported, lacking reliable preventive approaches. A timely identification and individualized treatment is essential for prognosis.
Patient Concerns: A 52-year-old female patient complained of fever, productive cough, and fatigue 1 week after adjuvant chemotherapy following right lower lobectomy and systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection.
Rationale: Chylothorax is usually diagnosed within a few days after lobectomy. Late-onset chylothorax following trauma or thoracic surgery is rare but potentially lethal, lacking reliable preventive methods.
Patient Concerns: A 54-year-old male patient complained of dyspnea during adjuvant chemotherapy on the 35th postoperative day after right middle lobectomy and systemic lymph node dissection (SLND) for lung cancer.
Rationale: The accurate diagnosis and staging of cavitary lung cancer is challenging but essential for the choice of therapy; therefore, the differential diagnosis of cystic pulmonary lesions needs to be elucidated.
Patient Concerns: A patient was admitted with multifocal thin-walled cystic lesions in chest computed tomography.
Diagnoses: The patient had been diagnosed as heterogeneous bullous emphysema pathologically about 3 years ago.
Background: To investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for leukopenia in tuberculosis patients and the impact of anti-tuberculosis regimens on the occurrence of leukopenia in newly treated tuberculosis patients.
Methods: A total of 1,904 tuberculosis patients were included in the study. A cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of leukopenia was initially conducted, and then factors influencing leukopenia were identified using Logistic regression analysis.