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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:693
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Talc: isn’t it safe?: Reply

C. Peter Clarke, MB, FACS, FRACSa

a Department of Thoracic Surgery Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

e-mail: clarkecp@bigpond.net.au

To the Editor

Doctor Peacock is correct in noting there are no direct reports of talc insufflated in the pleural cavity leading to a pleural based malignancy. There is however good evidence that prolonged chronic irritation from infection (Marjolin’s ulcer) or retained foreign particles . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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