[Surgically treated infectious giant bulla].
A 32-year-old man who underwent evaluation for dyspnea and left chest pain proved to have a left pneumothorax and a right giant bulla. After surgery for the left pneumothorax, drug induced liver injury was observed. Seventeen days after surgery, left giant bulla was infected and niveau formation was seen with high fever. After administration of antibiotics, the niveau was disappeared and the body temperature was down, however, drug induced liver injury was caused. After that, again, the niveau formation was noticed in the right bulla. We speculated that adequate drug therapy could not used because of liver injury if the right bulla would be infected one more time. Bullectomy of the right lung was performed. One year after surgery, there were no signs of infection. We usually administer the adequate antibiotics against the infectious giant bulla without surgical therapy because the bulla will be reduced with the infection. However, there is a situation like this case that surgical treatment is required because of the drug induced liver injury.
Nonaka
M
M
First Department of Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kadokura
M
M
Kataoka
D
D
Yamamoto
S
S
Tanio
N
N
Iyano
K
K
Kawada
T
T
Takaba
T
T
Kushihashi
T
T
D000328:Adult; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*