Transient unilateral hyperlucent lung due to mucus plugs

A 63-year-old patient with a tracheostomy presented with a transient unilateral hyperlucent lung and absent breath sounds over the left lower lobe. A tracheobronchial cast and an additional floating mucus plug in the left lower lobe bronchus were retrieved with fiberbronchoscopy. Subsequently normal...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 1991-01, Vol.17 (2), p.121-122
Main Authors: BOLLIGER, C. T, PERRUCHOUD, A. P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airway Obstruction - diagnostic imaging
Airway Obstruction - etiology
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Emergency and intensive respiratory care
Female
Humans
Humidity
Intensive care medicine
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mucus
Radiography
Tracheostomy - adverse effects
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Summary:A 63-year-old patient with a tracheostomy presented with a transient unilateral hyperlucent lung and absent breath sounds over the left lower lobe. A tracheobronchial cast and an additional floating mucus plug in the left lower lobe bronchus were retrieved with fiberbronchoscopy. Subsequently normalisation of ventilation and radiological appearance of the left lung occurred.
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/BF01691436