title: Acute pulmonary edema complicating diagnostic laparoscopy preceded by thoracotomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nezhat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nezhat
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maffett
mesh_terms: 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