[Tension hemopneumothorax complicated by severe hepatic and renal disorder; report of a case].
A 46-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea and chest pain. We diagnosed tension hemopneumothorax and chest tube drainage was performed. A large volume of bloody pleural fluid (1,200 ml) was removed, but severe liver and renal dysfunction were then recognized. He was treated conservatively because there was no more bleeding. Despite administration of methylprednisolone, re-expansion pulmonary edema occurred after 6 hours of drainage, but this was also treated conservatively. After 3 days, his pneumothorax recurrenced. It was successfully managed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Numazu City Hospital, Numazu, Japan.
Kiyoshige
K
Yajima
N
N
Urabe
K
K
Asai
Y
Y
Kageyama
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D008775:Methylprednisolone