RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosis and Management of Post-traumatic Pulmonary Pseudocyst
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 538
OP 541
VO 54
IS 4
A1 Yazkan, Rasih
A1 Özpolat, Berkant
A1 Şahin Şahinalp, Ahin
YR 2009
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/4/538.abstract
AB Post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst is an uncommon cavitary lesion of the lung, which generally develops after blunt chest trauma. We saw a 22-year-old man with chest trauma, hemopneumothorax, and hemoptysis, on the day he fell from an electrical pylon. Intubation in the emergency department was followed by 4 days of mechanical ventilation. Computed tomogram found a post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst. On hospital day 6 he developed pneumonia, which we treated with ceftazidime plus gentamycin. He was discharged on hospital day 20, and a month later the pseudocyst had resolved without complications. Diagnosis of post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst may require computed tomography, and some complicated cases may require surgery.