Effective treatment of empyema thoracis caused by a ruptured large hepatic cyst

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Seok Soo Lee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
Hyuckgoo Kim (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)

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