Re-expansion pulmonary edema

Case contributed by Yahya Baba , 10 Apr 2023

Diagnosis certain

Changed by Yahya Baba, 25 Apr 2023

Disclosures - updated 8 Apr 2023: Nothing to disclose

Updates to Case Attributes

Status changed from draft to published (public).

Published At was set to 2023-04-25T22:55:23.818Z.

Findings was changed:

Moderate ~~volume~~-volume right pleural effusion and ascites.

There is also a retrohepatic nodular peritoneal thickening with nodular pleural thickening in the right pulmonary base.

Findings was changed:

Relapse of the pleural effusion with no obvious mediastinal shift

It was decided to perform a chest drainage

Findings was changed:

~~The chest tube aspirated almost 1.2 L of pleural effusion.~~

Onset of a right-sided unilateral diffuse ~~air~~airspace opacification with an appearance of a unilateral batwing pattern.

Findings was changed:

Onset of a diffuse ~~air space~~airspace opacification involving almost the entire right lung with air bronchogram.

Persistence of a low-volume right-sided pleural effusion with the chest tube in situ.

Low volume left-sided pleural effusion.

Filling defect within the left pulmonary artery extending to the apical-posterior segment.

Arteria lusoria. Mediastinal lymphadenopathies in stations 2R, 4R, and 7, measuring up to 20 mm.

Findings was changed:

Stability of the ~~air space~~airspace opacification compared to the radiograph performed 2 days prior.