July 30, 2008
This is a 22 year old female with no prior respiratory complaints. She devloped a bronchitis in February and May, 2008 and had a CXR that suggested bullous disease in the RUL. PFT’s showed normal spirometry and the diffusion capacity was 89% predicted. She had no respiratory illness as an infant.
Her CT scan showed the following




Which of the following would you recommend?
1) Leave the bulla alone, no Rx recommended, inform to go to ED with SOB or pain
2) Recommend Scuba diving lessons to utilize hyperbaric conditions to shrink the bulla
3) Refer for an experimental endobronchial valve to deflate the bulla
4) Refer to thoracic surgery for surgical bullectomy
5) Insert a Heimlich valve to permit deflation of the bulla through chest wall
I include a reference regarding 1 way valves:valve
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July 29, 2008
This 49 year old male had been healthy but presented with increasing SOB. Below are the radiographs in the first 6 days in the hospital
A CT was done. Two representative images are below
The CT shows a sinus of valsalva aneurysm that is nearly completing obliterating the LA cavity approximately 4 cm, causing a pulmonary venous obstruction. See the enclosed echo report from SMH and a brief reference.
echo-report-s-of-v s-of-v-cardiolgy
While I could find reports of S of V aneurysm causing Ra-RV inflow obstruction, I could not find a similar case of a LA obstruction as in this presentation. There are 3 sinuses of Valsalva, so it likely is that one is more susceptible to aneurysm formation but that is my own speculation.
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