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Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report
Trapped lung is defined by the lung's inability to expand and fill the thoracic cavity because of a restricting “peel” caused by benign or malignant pleural disease. However, trapped lung secondary to pneumothorax is rarely reported. We present a case of trapped lung caused by a pneumothorax th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.12770 |
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author | Tian, Yan Zheng, Wenqi Zha, Nashunbayaer Wang, Yufei Huang, Shaojun Guo, Zhanlin |
author_facet | Tian, Yan Zheng, Wenqi Zha, Nashunbayaer Wang, Yufei Huang, Shaojun Guo, Zhanlin |
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description | Trapped lung is defined by the lung's inability to expand and fill the thoracic cavity because of a restricting “peel” caused by benign or malignant pleural disease. However, trapped lung secondary to pneumothorax is rarely reported. We present a case of trapped lung caused by a pneumothorax that occurred some 14 years before the patient presented to our hospital with a complaint of incapacitating dyspnea. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed trapping of the right lung with abnormal thickening of the visceral pleura. In view of the patient's history of pneumothorax, we concluded that his dyspnea was attributable mainly to the trapping of his lung by the earlier pneumothorax. We therefore scheduled thoracoscopic decortication, which was successfully completed. The patient's recovery after the operation was uneventful, and seven weeks after surgery the right lung had re‐expanded well. |
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spelling | pubmed-60684432018-08-03 Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report Tian, Yan Zheng, Wenqi Zha, Nashunbayaer Wang, Yufei Huang, Shaojun Guo, Zhanlin Thorac Cancer Case Reports Trapped lung is defined by the lung's inability to expand and fill the thoracic cavity because of a restricting “peel” caused by benign or malignant pleural disease. However, trapped lung secondary to pneumothorax is rarely reported. We present a case of trapped lung caused by a pneumothorax that occurred some 14 years before the patient presented to our hospital with a complaint of incapacitating dyspnea. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed trapping of the right lung with abnormal thickening of the visceral pleura. In view of the patient's history of pneumothorax, we concluded that his dyspnea was attributable mainly to the trapping of his lung by the earlier pneumothorax. We therefore scheduled thoracoscopic decortication, which was successfully completed. The patient's recovery after the operation was uneventful, and seven weeks after surgery the right lung had re‐expanded well. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2018-05-26 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6068443/ /pubmed/29802756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.12770 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Tian, Yan Zheng, Wenqi Zha, Nashunbayaer Wang, Yufei Huang, Shaojun Guo, Zhanlin Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title | Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title_full | Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title_fullStr | Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title_short | Thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: A case report |
title_sort | thoracoscopic decortication for the management of trapped lung caused by 14‐year pneumothorax: a case report |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.12770 |
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