Intractable pneumothorax with empyema in a patient with interstitial pneumonia

• Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 61; no. 10; pp. 574 - 577
• Main Authors: Miyoshi, Shinichiro, Tamura, Motohiko, Araki, Osamu, Ikeda, Yasunori, Chida, Masayuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.10.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Antibiotics; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Case Report; Chest tubes; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Drainage; Empyema, Pleural - etiology; Empyema, Pleural - therapy; Female; Fistula; Fistula - surgery; Humans; Lung - surgery; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microorganisms; Patients; Pneumonectomy; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; Pneumothorax - etiology; Pneumothorax - surgery; Staphylococcus infections; Surgical Oncology; Thoracic Surgery; Thoracic Wall - surgery; Thoracostomy - methods; Empyema; Pneumothorax; Muscle flap transposition; Interstitial pneumonia

Secondary pneumothorax occurring in interstitial lung disease cases is a refractory and life-threatening condition, because of compromised lung function. A 70-year-old woman with interstitial pneumonia was referred to our hospital after treatment failure for pneumothorax associated with empyema. An...