Transient unilateral hyperlucent lung due to mucus plugs.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 63-year-old patient with a tracheostomy presented with a transient unilateral hyperlucent lung and absent breath sounds over the left lower lobe. A tracheobronchial cast and an additional floating mucus plug in the left lower lobe bronchus were retrieved with fiberbronchoscopy. Subsequently normalisation of ventilation and radiological appearance of the left lung occurred.
Medical subject headings
- Airway Obstruction
- Lung
- Mucus
- Tracheostomy