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Published in: BMC Surgery 1/2022

Open Access 01-12-2022 | Computed Tomography | Case report

Hemorrhagic shock caused by preoperative computed tomography-guided microcoil localization of lung nodules: a case report

Authors: Fan Yang, Jie Min

Published in: BMC Surgery | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an emerging technology in minimally invasive surgery, which has become recognized as standard treatments for early-stage lung cancer. Microcoil localization is considered to be a safe and effective way of preoperative localization, and is essential to facilitate VATS wedge-resection for lung nodules.

Case presentation

Here we report a rare case of a 28-year-old female who developed hemorrhagic shock caused by delayed pneumothorax after preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided microcoil localization. The thoracic CT revealed hydropneumothorax in the right thoracic cavity at 10 h after microcoil localization, and the patient later had significant decreased hemoglobin level (87 g/L). Emergency thoracoscopic exploration demonstrated that the hemorrhagic shock was induced by delayed pneumothorax, which led to the fracture of an adhesive pleura cord and an aberrant vessel. Electrocoagulation hemostasis was then performed for the fractured vessel and the patient gradually recovered from the hypovolemic shock.

Conclusions

Microcoil localization is a relatively safe and effective way of preoperative localization of lung nodules, however, hemorrhagic shock could be induced by rupture of pleural aberrant vessels subsequent to puncture related pneumothorax. Shorten the time interval between localization and thoracoscopic surgery, extend the monitoring time after localization might help to reduce the risk of these complications.
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Metadata
Title
Hemorrhagic shock caused by preoperative computed tomography-guided microcoil localization of lung nodules: a case report
Authors
Fan Yang
Jie Min
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Surgery / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-022-01696-8

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