Citation

De A, Peden CJ, Nolan J. Anaesthesia 2007; 62(4): 409-411.

Affiliation

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG, UK. fordyce11b@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05023.x

PMID

17381581

Abstract

We describe a case of a 19-year-old man who developed traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts after a rollover road traffic crash. These were associated with significant pulmonary haemorrhage requiring a period of mechanical ventilation, but resolved without specific intervention. Review of the literature confirms that this rare complication of blunt chest trauma occurs usually in young adults and, although normally benign, can be associated with life-threatening haemoptysis and secondary infection.

Language: en