Spontaneous Collapse of Bilateral Bullae with Conservative Management

We report a case of bilateral apical lung bullae that collapsed following an episode of community-acquired pneumonia with bilateral air fluid levels. With standard treatment for community-acquired pneumonia, management of a patient that may have qualified for bullectomy, (as in our case) showed comp...

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Autores principales: Shariff, Masood A, Singh, Vijay A, Daniele, Edward D, Goyal, Nikhil, Peykova, Deliana, Nabagiez, John P, Rosell, Frank M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843717
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S11187
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Sumario:We report a case of bilateral apical lung bullae that collapsed following an episode of community-acquired pneumonia with bilateral air fluid levels. With standard treatment for community-acquired pneumonia, management of a patient that may have qualified for bullectomy, (as in our case) showed complete resolution of all pathology without surgical intervention. Conservative management took precedence in alleviating pathology over surgical intervention.

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