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Vol. 48. Issue 5.
Pages 305-306 (May 2024)
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Vol. 48. Issue 5.
Pages 305-306 (May 2024)
Images in Intensive Medicine
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Point of care lung ultrasound diagnosis of concomitant lung abscess and pleural empyema due to a bronchopleural fistula
Diagnóstico ecográfico pulmonar de absceso pumonar y empiema pleural concomitantes debido a una fístula broncopleural
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Adrien Rivory
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, Gary Duclos, Laurent Zieleskiewicz
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, AP-HM, Nord Hospital, Marseille, France
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A 41-year-old male patient was admitted following a hypoxic cardiac arrest with a tooth aspiration in the right lower lobe, which was removed using a rigid bronchoscope. Despite appropriate antibiotic treatment for pneumonia, the patient developed a sepsis. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) revealed a lung abscess (LA) associated to a pleural empyema (PE). On parasagittal section (Fig. 1 A), lung ultrasound showed a right lower lobe abscess appearing as a rounded anechoic image above the diaphragm, with suspended microbubbles (air content). Condensed lung parenchyma (CL) was observed around the structure. Behind it was another collection with smooth margins, a lenticular wall attached to the pleura, which appeared to be pleural empyema. The association of a LA with PE suggested the existence of bronchopleural fistula. A subsequent chest computed tomography scan confirmed this diagnosis, with transverse (B) and parasagittal (C) sections (Fig. 1).

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LZ received fees from GE healthcare for ultrasound teaching to GEH customers. AR and GD declare that they have no competing interest.

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