Destroyed Lung Syndrome: A Review of 31 Published Cases

Destroyed Lung Syndrome in a Young Indian Male: A Case Report

“…These symptoms are the outcomes of irreversible lung damage due to chronic infections [6]. One such complication is the destroyed lung which is defined as the complete or extensive destruction of the lung with a compromised lung function [7,8]. It is an irreversible condition with a blend of pleural and parenchymal lung dismantling with cavitation, bronchiectasis, loss of lung volume, and mediastinal herniation to the ailing side [9].…”

“…In a recent multi-center, double-blind clinical trial, indacaterol was divulged to significantly increase FEV1 and ameliorated dyspnea compared with placebo [ 19 ]. Surgical management involves a high-risk procedure, i.e., pneumonectomy, which is indicated in the management of destroyed lungs to either resolve or avert complications [ 4 , 8 ].…”

Pneumonectomy in a child with necrotic lung after ingestion of a button battery

“…Patients with single destructed lung exhibit minor symptoms in basal state, 4 but are prone to complications such as massive hemoptysis, empyema, fungal infections, amyloidosis, septicemia, and pulmonary-systemic shunting. 4,5 On long-term follow-up after pneumonectomy for destroyed lungs, children were reported to have good exercise tolerance, lung volumes, nutritional status, and quality of life without major skeletal deformation.…”

“…Patients with single destructed lung exhibit minor symptoms in basal state, 4 but are prone to complications such as massive hemoptysis, empyema, fungal infections, amyloidosis, septicemia, and pulmonary‐systemic shunting 4,5 …”

“…Patients with single destructed lung exhibit minor symptoms in basal state, 4 but are prone to complications such as massive hemoptysis, empyema, fungal infections, amyloidosis, septicemia, and pulmonary-systemic shunting. 4,5 On long-term follow-up after pneumonectomy for destroyed lungs, children were reported to have good exercise tolerance, lung volumes, nutritional status, and quality of life without major skeletal deformation. 5 F I G U R E 2 Chest computerized tomography (CT) scans: (A) initially revealing a 22-mm button battery lodged in the proximal esophagus associated with fistula to the left main bronchus; chronic mediastinitis; right lung consolidation of the medial and inferior lobes; left main bronchus stenosis, cystic and varicose bronchiectasis, and complete lung parenchyma atelectasis, conditioning left mediastinal deviation; and left nonfibrous pleural effusion.…”