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Bedside Ultrasound for Guiding Fluid Removal in Patients with Pulmonary Edema: The Reverse-FALLS Protocol
Published on: July 28, 2018
[Unilateral neurogenic pulmonary edema. A case report]
C Perrin1, V Jullien, N Vénissac
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Pasteur, CHU, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP 69, 06002 Nice Cedex 1. perrin.cp@chu-nice.fr
Abstract:
A vascular lesion was identified in the posterior cerebral fossa in a 65-Year-old stroke victim. The patient suddenly developed unilateral pulmonary edema. Bilateral alveolar opacities is the usual radiological aspect of neurogenic pulmonary edema but a unilateral presentation is extremely rare. The differential diagnosis includes excessive vascular filling, infectious pneumonia, gastric fluid aspiration edema, and cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The mechanisms underlying neurogenic pulmonary edema are discussed.
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