1. Lobectomy for Traumatic Pulmonary Pseudocysts with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
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Akira Saito, Kohji Miura, Yasushi Iinuma, Yukio Takano, Satoru Nakagawa, and Nobuo Yagi
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Lung Diseases ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Computed tomography ,Wounds, Nonpenetrating ,medicine ,Coagulopathy ,Humans ,Child ,Pneumonectomy ,Disseminated intravascular coagulation ,Lung ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Cysts ,business.industry ,Respiratory disease ,Accidents, Traffic ,Lung Injury ,Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Lower lobe ,business ,Complication ,PULMONARY PSEUDOCYSTS - Abstract
A 10-year-old boy was injured in a traffic accident, and computed tomography revealed cavitary pulmonary lesions in the left lower lobe. Although there was no evidence of bacterial infection, thrombocytopenia due to disseminated intravascular coagulation progressed. We performed a left lower lobectomy, and the patient improved rapidly.
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- 1995
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