Detection of the early stage of spontaneous hemopneumothorax by CT attenuation values

Yukiko Koike; Ho Namkoong; Sotaro Otake; Hisao Asamura

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2849

Detection of the early stage of spontaneous hemopneumothorax by CT attenuation values

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Apr 20;8(7):1321-1322. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2849. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Yukiko Koike¹, Ho Namkoong^{1

2}, Sotaro Otake³, Hisao Asamura³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine Eiju General Hospital Tokyo Japan.
² Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIH Bethesda MD USA.
³ Division of Thoracic Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

Spontaneous hemopneumothorax is potentially fatal and can mimic spontaneous pneumothorax when changes in vital signs and bloody discharge from the chest tube are absent. Attenuation values at computed tomography may help detect this condition.

Keywords: CT attenuation values; hemopneumothorax.