[A 17-year-old student with therapy-resistant pneumonia]

Radiologe. 2010 Jun;50(6):548-52. doi: 10.1007/s00117-010-2021-x.
[Article in German]

Abstract

If empiric antibiotic treatment is not successful in a case of suspected pneumonia further investigations are required. We present a case where originally an intralobar, bronchopulmonary sequestration could clearly be diagnosed by a thoracic CT scan. A 3D reconstruction revealed the pathognomonic arterial supply from the thoracic aorta and the venous drainage via pulmonary vein to the left atrium. Therefore, elective resection of the sequestration was indicated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy*
  • Radiography, Thoracic*
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents