Fluid accumulation in preexisting pulmonary air spaces.
Four patients with fluid accumulation in preexisting pulmonary air spaces are presented. Three patients developed fluid in an infected bulla; the fourth patient bled into a bulla. The slow spontaneous resolution of the accumulated fluid and the success of a conservative therapeutic approach are emphasized. The characteristic radiologic features of fluid-filled intrapulmonary air spaces are described and criteria for the differentiation from lung abscesses and empyemas are outlined.
D000368:Aged; D001826:Body Fluids; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography