Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into t...
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| author | Sumit Kapoor Jyotsana Thakkar Muhammad Asim Siddique |
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| description | Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into the pleural space. Only seven cases (including our case) of pneumothorax from septic pulmonary emboli due to right sided endocarditis have been described in the literature. Our patient is the first reported case of recurrent bilateral pneumothorax due to septic pulmonary emboli and tricuspid valve endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b25bc79fe755470bbe3a7db85e99683f2022-12-21T23:08:37ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medical Case Reports2050-313X2018-06-01610.1177/2050313X18784823Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literatureSumit Kapoor0Jyotsana Thakkar1Muhammad Asim Siddique2Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USAPatients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into the pleural space. Only seven cases (including our case) of pneumothorax from septic pulmonary emboli due to right sided endocarditis have been described in the literature. Our patient is the first reported case of recurrent bilateral pneumothorax due to septic pulmonary emboli and tricuspid valve endocarditis.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823 |
| spellingShingle | Sumit Kapoor Jyotsana Thakkar Muhammad Asim Siddique Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| title | Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature |
| title_full | Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature |
| title_short | Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature |
| title_sort | septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis a case report and review of literature |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823 |
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