An Unusual Case of Persistent Pneumothorax
| Autor: | Nicola Lacava, Giovanni Leuzzi, C Porrello, Kenji Kawamukai, Salomone Di Saverio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Angiomatosis medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous medicine.medical_treatment Diagnosis Differential Recurrence Multidetector Computed Tomography medicine Thoracoscopy Humans Pleurodesis Pleural Cavity Lung medicine.diagnostic_test Thoracic Surgery Video-Assisted business.industry Angiography Pneumothorax Emergency department Middle Aged Pleural Diseases medicine.disease Embolization Therapeutic Surgery Chest tube medicine.anatomical_structure Talc Chest Tubes Fluoroscopy Chronic Disease Radiography Thoracic Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 98:e15-e17 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.082 |
| Popis: | We herein report a case of a 45-year-old white male who referred to the emergency department for a right pneumothorax. A chest tube was emergently placed. Due to incomplete lung reexpansion, the patient underwent a right thoracoscopy disclosing the presence of several kinky vessels consistent of localized pleural angiomatosis, and a talc pleurodesis was performed. Computed tomographic scan and angiography confirmed an anomalous vascular connection between systemic and pulmonary circulation. Thus, a vascular percutaneous transcatheter embolization of the abnormal vessel was successfully executed and the patient was discharged without consequence. |
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