Rapid enlargement of a traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst following an intraoperative leak test: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts are a rare complication resulting from pulmonary contusion associated with blunt chest trauma.

Case presentation

A 17-year-old male patient underwent emergency surgery for hemostasis of a traumatic lung injury caused by a car accident. Because the bleeding was from the peripheral lung, partial resection was performed with an automated suture machine. A routine leak test (positive pressure ventilation at 20 cm H₂O) was performed as a precautionary measure. Postoperative imaging revealed rapid enlargement of a comorbid traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst. The collapse of the obliterating bronchus due to the accident and the intraoperative positive pressure ventilation for the air leak test were considered to have caused the rapi

SUBMITTER: Matsumiya H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11533457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature