Infected pneumatocele

Successful transthoracic drainage of infected traumatic pneumatocele.

788 Communications to the Editor undergoing evaluation ofclinically-suspected malignant pericardial effusion. A rigid mediastinoscope was used for inspection of the posterior and lateral pericardial surfaces. A flexible bronchoscope was used in one patient to evaluate the anterior pericardial space. We have reported our results with flexible fiberoptic pericardioscopy in seven successive patien...

Infected Pneumatocele Following Anaerobic Pneumonia in Adult

We report a case of an infected pneumatocele in the course of anaerobic pneumonia in an adult. To the best of our knowledge, anaerobic pneumonia complicated by a pneumatocele in an adult has not previously been described. The pneumatocele occurred on the fifth day of hospitalization, and rapidly increased in size, with the development of a subsequent mixed anaerobe infection. A pig-tail cathete...

Pulmonary Pneumatocele in a Pneumonia Patient Infected with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Proteus mirabilis

Pulmonary pneumatoceles are air-filled thin-walled spaces within the lung and are rare in adult cases of pneumonia. We report the case of a 74-year-old male who was admitted with a cough and sputum production. He had been treated with oral dexamethasone since a brain tumorectomy 6 months prior. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed a large pneumatocele in the right mi...

Subcutaneous pneumatocele after facial trauma.

Pneumatocele formation in adult pneumonia.

Pneumatocele formation is unusual in adult pneumonia, particularly in pneumococcal pneumonia. We report three cases of pneumatocele formation in adults, including one with probable pneumococcal pneumonia. All three patients were severely ill and two expired. Although they are usually asymptomatic, pneumatoceles may enlarge and compress the adjacent lung and mediastinum. This occurred in two pat...