[A case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated with percutaneous thoracic drainage].
We present a case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated by percutaneous drainage. A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever and right lateral chest pain. A chest radiograph and CT revealed a cystic lesion with an air fluid level in the upper lobe of the right lung. The infected emphysematous bulla was not improved by the administration of antibiotics. On day 6 of hospitalization, a drainage tube (Aspiration Kit: 6 Fr) was inserted percutaneously into the bulla under fluoroscopic guidance. The infection subsided on the next day, and the patient was discharged following a week of drainage without complications.
Kambayashi
Takatoyo
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagahama City Hospital, 313 Oinui-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga 526-8580, Japan.
Noguchi
Tetsuo
T
Ohno
Nobuhiro
N
Kamakari
Kunihiko
K
Terada
Yasuji
Y
D001768:Blister / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000628:therapy*; D013909:Thorax