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We report an unusual presentation of pulmonary embolism (PE) where a 58-year-old man first developed symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia. Despite antibiotic therapy, he remained unwell with rising inflammatory markers, general malaise and persistent cough. He developed stony dull percussion and absent breath sounds to his left mid to lower zones. Serial chest x-rays showed progression from lobar consolidation to a large loculated left-sided pleural collection. CT chest showed left-sided lung abscess, empyema and bronchopleural fistulation. Incidentally, the scan revealed acute left-sided PE and its distribution corresponded with the location of the left lung abscess and empyema. The sequence of events likely started with PE leading to infarction, cavitation, abscess formation and bronchopleural fistulation. This patient was managed with a 6-month course of rivaroxaban. After completing 2 weeks of intravenous meropenem, he was converted to 4-week course of oral co-amoxiclav and metronidazole and attained full recovery.
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Abscesso/diagnóstico por imagem , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Fístula Brônquica/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Pleurais/diagnóstico por imagem , Pneumonia/tratamento farmacológico , Embolia Pulmonar/diagnóstico por imagem , Radiografia Torácica , Abscesso/tratamento farmacológico , Abscesso/patologia , Combinação Amoxicilina e Clavulanato de Potássio/uso terapêutico , Fístula Brônquica/tratamento farmacológico , Fístula Brônquica/fisiopatologia , Progressão da Doença , Quimioterapia Combinada , Humanos , Infarto/tratamento farmacológico , Infarto/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Meropeném , Metronidazol/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças Pleurais/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças Pleurais/fisiopatologia , Pneumonia/diagnóstico por imagem , Pneumonia/fisiopatologia , Embolia Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Embolia Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Rivaroxabana/uso terapêutico , Tienamicinas/uso terapêutico , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Enternal nutritional support, a frequently applied technique for providing nutrition and energy, played a pivotal role in the treatment of high risk patients. However, severe complications induced by malposition of nasogastric tube caused great danger and even death to the patients. In this case report, we present a patient with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by bronchopleural fistula (BPF) due to malposition of nasogastric tube. Repeated lung lavage combined with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was performed after transferring to the ICU of our hospital. Finally, the patient recovered and discharged 7 days after admission.