Deterioration of chest wall depression causing congestive hepatopathy after an open thoracostomy window in a patient with pectus excavatum and tuberculosis empyema.

A 27-year-old man with severe pectus excavatum, dextrocardia and spinal scoliosis underwent thoracoscopic pleural decortication due to failure of 1-month medical treatment for tuberculous empyema. One month after the pleural decortication, he again underwent open thoracostomy window for repetitive pleuro-cutaneous fistula with tuberculosis empyema. He was subsequently referred to our clinic for progressive dyspnea and bilateral leg edema 4 months after the open thoracostomy window. Evaluations revealed deterioration of the chest wall depression and further compression of the inferior vena cava, which were considered an aggravation of the pectus excavatum after the open thoracostomy window. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of deterioration of chest wall depression causing congestive hepatopathy after an open thoracostomy window in a patient with pectus excavatum and tuberculosis empyema.