Acute pulmonary embolism leading to cavitation and large pulmonary abscess: A rare complication of pulmonary infarction
Pulmonary infarction is an infrequent complication of pulmonary embolism due to the dual blood supply of the lung. Autopsy studies have reported cavitation to occur in only 4–5% of all pulmonary infarctions with an even smaller proportion of these cases becoming secondarily infected. Patients with i...
| 出版年: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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| 主要な著者: | , |
| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007116301812 |
| 要約: | Pulmonary infarction is an infrequent complication of pulmonary embolism due to the dual blood supply of the lung. Autopsy studies have reported cavitation to occur in only 4–5% of all pulmonary infarctions with an even smaller proportion of these cases becoming secondarily infected. Patients with infected cavitating pulmonary infarction classically present with fever, positive sputum culture, and leukocytosis days to weeks following acute pulmonary embolism. We describe a rare case of acute pulmonary embolism with pulmonary infarction leading to cavitation and subsequent abscess formation requiring left lower lobe resection. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-0071 |