{"title":"“Popcorn” Cavitary Pneumonia: A Case Report","authors":"N. Bethuel, L. Edmonds","doi":"10.1097/CPM.0000000000000372","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Upper lobe cavitation carries a broad differential. No review, to our knowledge, includes foreign body in the differential diagnosis. Similarly, reviews of foreign body aspiration do not report lung cavitation. Herein, we report a case of an alert 58-year-old man who presented with sepsis secondary to presumed right upper lobe pneumonia. Computed tomography of the chest was significant for multiple loculated cavitary lesions. Subsequent bronchoscopy revealed a single kernel of popcorn impacted in the bronchus. Our case report highlights the importance of recognizing atypical presentations of foreign body aspiration.","PeriodicalId":10393,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pulmonary Medicine","volume":"27 1","pages":"139 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinical Pulmonary Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/CPM.0000000000000372","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Upper lobe cavitation carries a broad differential. No review, to our knowledge, includes foreign body in the differential diagnosis. Similarly, reviews of foreign body aspiration do not report lung cavitation. Herein, we report a case of an alert 58-year-old man who presented with sepsis secondary to presumed right upper lobe pneumonia. Computed tomography of the chest was significant for multiple loculated cavitary lesions. Subsequent bronchoscopy revealed a single kernel of popcorn impacted in the bronchus. Our case report highlights the importance of recognizing atypical presentations of foreign body aspiration.
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Clinical Pulmonary Medicine provides a forum for the discussion of important new knowledge in the field of pulmonary medicine that is of interest and relevance to the practitioner. This goal is achieved through mini-reviews on focused sub-specialty topics in areas covered within the journal. These areas include: Obstructive Airways Disease; Respiratory Infections; Interstitial, Inflammatory, and Occupational Diseases; Clinical Practice Management; Critical Care/Respiratory Care; Colleagues in Respiratory Medicine; and Topics in Respiratory Medicine.
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