Lung contusion and cavitation with exudative plural effusion following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in an adult: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Among the complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy are perinephric bleeding and hypertension.


METHODS
We describe the case of a 31-year-old Asian man with an unusual case of hemoptysis and lung contusion and cavitation with exudative plural effusion due to pulmonary trauma following false positioning of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Differential diagnoses included pneumonia and pulmonary emboli, but these diagnoses were ruled out by the uniformly negative results of a lung perfusion scan, Doppler ultrasound, and culture of bronchoalveolar lavage and plural effusion, and because our patient showed spontaneous improvement.


CONCLUSIONS
False positioning of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy can cause lung trauma presenting as pulmonary contusion and cavitation with plural effusion.
Nouri-Majalan
Nader
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Nephrology Department, Sadoughi Medical University, Yazd, Iran. dr_nori_majelan@yahoo.com.
Masoumi
Roghayyeh
R
Halvani
Abolhasan
A
Moghaddasi
Sara
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