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[Mediastinal Shift Due to the Rapidly Expanded Giant Bulla Probably Caused by the Lung Cancer]
Suguru Mitsui1, Nahoko Shimizu, Yugo Tanaka
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Abstract:
A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with back pain and numbness of the left leg. Computed tomography (CT) showed a giant bulla and tumor in the right lung, mediastinal shift to the left side and lesions suggestive of metastatic sacral tumor. Three days later, the patient visited the emergency room with dyspnea and tachycardia. Chest CT showed the progression of mediastinal shift due to the rapid expansion of the giant bulla, and an emergency surgery was performed. After induction of anesthesia, sudden respiratory and circulatory failure occurred. Considering further expansion of the giant bulla by positive pressure ventilation, veno-arterial (V-A) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was applied. After establishing ECMO, the condition of the patient became stable and the giant bulla could be resected successfully.
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