Malignant pleural mesothelioma mimics thoracic empyema: A case report

Figure 2 Operative findings during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. A: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery indicated massive bloody pleura effusion (white arrow). Adhesion bands and peels are shown (blue arrow); B: Multiple pleural nodules were found after removing the bloody pleural effusion and pneumolysis (white arrows). Peel-coating over the visceral pleura of the right lung was observed (blue arrow). Then pulmonary docortication was performed.