Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into t...

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Main Authors: Sumit Kapoor, Jyotsana Thakkar, Muhammad Asim Siddique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823
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spelling doaj-b25bc79fe755470bbe3a7db85e99683f2020-11-25T04:02:52ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medical Case Reports2050-313X2018-06-01610.1177/2050313X18784823Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literatureSumit Kapoor0Jyotsana Thakkar1Muhammad Asim Siddique2Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USAPatients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into the pleural space. Only seven cases (including our case) of pneumothorax from septic pulmonary emboli due to right sided endocarditis have been described in the literature. Our patient is the first reported case of recurrent bilateral pneumothorax due to septic pulmonary emboli and tricuspid valve endocarditis.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823
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Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
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Jyotsana Thakkar
Muhammad Asim Siddique
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title Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
title_short Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
title_full Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
title_sort septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: a case report and review of literature
publisher SAGE Publishing
series SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
issn 2050-313X
publishDate 2018-06-01
description Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into the pleural space. Only seven cases (including our case) of pneumothorax from septic pulmonary emboli due to right sided endocarditis have been described in the literature. Our patient is the first reported case of recurrent bilateral pneumothorax due to septic pulmonary emboli and tricuspid valve endocarditis.
url https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823
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