title: [Pyothorax due to ruptured lung abscess successfully treaed by video-assisted thoracic surgery; report of a case].
abstract: A 30-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for chest pain and dyspnea We diagnosed lung abscess of the left lung. On day 2, the patient required mechanical ventilation for pneumopyothorax due to ruptured lung abscess with acute respiratory distress syndrome. We managed this patient antibiotics, sivelestat sodium hydrate and steroid pulse therapy. Curettage and decortication for empyema cavity and closure of bronchopleural fistula was done under video-assisted thoracic surgery with minithoracotomy on day 17. Postoperative course was uneventful.
authors: Department of Respiratory Surgery, Okazaki Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Okazaki, Japan .
authors: Seijirou
authors: S
authors: Niimi
authors: Bin
authors: B
authors: Satou
authors: Mineo
authors: M
authors: Asaoka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted