Corrección quirúrgica de un síndrome posneumonectomía con compromiso vascular

Viudez, Juan Casanova; Gorospe, M. Mariñán; Sánchez, Jácome

doi:10.1016/s0300-2896(02)75147-8

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“…Complications like palsy of the left laryngeal recurrent nerve probably due to prolonged traction are also described and chest pain can also misguide symptoms of cardiogenic origin as the cause of persistent dyspnea. Casanova et al described a 72-year-old patient with clinical presentation of cardiogenic shock masked by a diagnosis of PPs [17].…”

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Post-Pneumonectomy Syndrome in Adult Presenting With Recurrent Syncope

Dimova¹,

Ristovski²,

Veljanova³

et al. 2022

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Post-pneumonectomy syndrome is a rare, late complication of pneumonectomy, caused by a mediastinal shift, rotation and deviation of the remaining lung into the contralateral hemithorax, most commonly resulting in symptomatic central airway compression. Case reportRecurrent syncope following a left pneumonectomy was described in a 63 year-old man, forty years after the initial treatment. Four years physician visit including the family doctor, a neurologist, neurosurgeon, physiatrist, radiologist, psychiatrist and finally a cardiologist made the diagnosis hard to establish and the treatment delayed.The post-pneumonectomy syndrome is a complex constellation of symptoms, following previous lung pneumonectomy, with various presentations mimicking different pathologies.Its diagnosis is often misleading, making the treatment and prognosis hard to predict.

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confidence: 99%