PERCUTANEOUS MANAGEMENT OF INTRAPULMONARY AIR AND FLUID COLLECTIONS - 06/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70169-X

Jeremy J. Erasmus, MD ^a, H. Page McAdams, MD ^a, Santiago Rossi, MD ^b, Michael J. Kelley, MD ^a
^a Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina (JJE, HPM, MJK)
^b Department of Radiology, Hospital de Clinicas José de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina (SR)

Resumen

Image-guided percutaneous catheter drainage is an alternative to traditional surgical management of focal intrapulmonary air and fluid collections. The procedure is safe and effective and has been used increasingly to manage patients with intrapulmonary abscesses and mycetomas. Percutaneous catheter drainage has also been successful in the treatment of infected traumatic pneumatoceles and bulla. This article reviews issues related to percutaneous drainage of intrapulmonary air and fluid collections, including the indications, technical considerations, and results of these procedures.

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Esquema

LUNG ABSCESS

Treatment

Procedure

INTRACAVITARY ASPERGILLOMA

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