Lung Abscess as Delayed Manifestation of Pulmonary Arterial Narrowing After Sleeve Resection

Frederik S Frenzen; Thomas Lesser; Ivan Platzek; Frank-Thomas Riede; Martin Kolditz

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.060

Lung Abscess as Delayed Manifestation of Pulmonary Arterial Narrowing After Sleeve Resection

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug;104(2):e165-e167. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.060.

Authors

Frederik S Frenzen¹, Thomas Lesser², Ivan Platzek³, Frank-Thomas Riede⁴, Martin Kolditz⁵

Affiliations

¹ Medical Department 1, Division of Pulmonology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: frederik.frenzen@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
² Department for Chest and Vascular Surgery/Angiology, SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera, Gera, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
⁴ Cardiac Center Leipzig-University Hospital, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany.
⁵ Medical Department 1, Division of Pulmonology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 28734443
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.060

Abstract

A patient who had undergone right upper bilobectomy because of a carcinoid experienced lung abscesses 17 months after operation. After recurrences, despite different antibiotic agents, dual-energy computed tomography showed subtotal stenosis of the right lower lobe pulmonary artery with marked pulmonary perfusion-reduction. Rare causes of lung-abscesses should be considered.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchi / surgery*
Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnosis
Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery*
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis
Carcinoid Tumor / surgery*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Abscess / diagnosis
Lung Abscess / etiology*
Male
Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*
Postoperative Complications*
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / complications*
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / diagnosis
Time Factors