Computed tomographic detection of cavitary lung lesion complicating use of flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter.
A classic case of Swan-Ganz catheter-induced pulmonary infection was studied with both conventional chest radiography and computed tomography (CT). Chest radiography initially showed a fan-shaped opacity in the right middle lobe which later became somewhat rounded with no discernible cavitation. However, a cavitary lung lesion with a bulls-eye appearance was clearly demonstrated by CT. We speculate that such a cavitary lung lesion might be quite common in catheter-induced pulmonary infarction when CT is widely applied to such cases.
Shin
M S
MS
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
Reeves
R C
RC
Ho
K J
KJ
D000368:Aged; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed