23-year-old man has collapsed lung after 5 years of smoking
Young man's lung collapsed causing a ruptured ligament at the top of the lung, causing massive bleeding.
Male patient Nguyen Van Hai, 23 years old, in Phu Ninh, Phu Tho was transferred to the emergency room at 2:00 a.m. with left chest pain and difficulty breathing.
The patient was assigned a chest CT scan, the results showed: Pneumothorax, pleural effusionleft.
After consultation, the doctors decided to perform emergency surgery to drain the left pleura, removing about 600ml of unclotted blood and air. They then prescribed hemostatic drugs and monitored the pleural drainage.
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| Young man has collapsed lung after 5 years of smoking |
Doctors said this is a special, very rare case, the patient has spontaneous pneumothorax causing lung collapse leading to rupture of the lung apex ligament and bleeding into the pleural cavity.
The disease is common in people with a history of smoking cigarettes and tobacco, and in young people it is common in tall, thin patients. The patient himself has smoked for 5 years and has a history of chronic lung disease.
In this case, if not treated promptly, the patient's life may be in danger due to hemorrhagic shock, hemothorax, and pneumothorax causing mediastinal compression.