Acute pulmonary edema complicating diagnostic laparoscopy preceded by thoracotomy.
We report the case of a patient with pelvic endometriosis and recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces who had thoracotomy and diagnostic laparoscopy, with subsequent acute pulmonary edema. Potential causes are discussed. After a thorough literature search, we believe this to be the first case in which thoracotomy has been combined with diagnostic laparoscopy.
Brown
H S
HS
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
Nezhat
F
F
Nezhat
C
C
Levy
J S
JS
Maffett
M
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D013908:Thoracotomy