Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine

Dramatic Improvement of Adult Patients with Post Tuberculosis Pulmonary Pneumatocele and Bad Pulmonary Function after Surgical Intervention.

Document Type : Case Report

Author
Yasser Shaban Mubarak
Thoracic Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt. Madinah Cardiac Center, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah, KSA.
10.22038/jctm.2021.55436.1311
Abstract
Pulmonary pneumatoceles (PCs) are thin-walled, air-filled cysts that develop within pulmonary parenchyma. PCs are usually seen in the lung after infection, trauma. In case of infection, as a complication of acute pneumonia, caused by Staphylococcus aureus, and are more frequently in infants and children. Adult tuberculous pulmonary pneumatoceles are seldom reported.   PCs are usually asymptomatic. Large PCs may compress adjacent lung with mediastinal shift causing respiratory or cardiovascular symptoms.  Surgical intervention is only indicated when PCs cause cardiopulmonary compromise or rupture into the pleural space or unresolved infection.
Keywords
Pulmonary Pneumatocele
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Fungal Ball
Cardiopulmonary Compromise
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Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3
Summer 2021
Pages 858-862