PMID: 9423119Oct 1, 1994Paper

Cavernoplasty for atypical mycobacteriosis of the lung--case report of two M. avium complex

Rinshō Kyōbu Geka = Japanese Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Y ImuraT Ohtsuka

Abstract

Two patients were diagnosed as suffering from localized atypical myocobacteriosis of the lung consisting of the infection in tuberculous open healing cavity of left upper lobe and giant bulla of right middle lobe. The type of bacteria classified according to Runyon's criteria was Group 3 (M. avium complex). The bacilli had the resistance to most antituberculotics. One of them had the history of pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with giant cavity in left upper lobe and extensive hard pleural adhesion associated with restrictive ventilatory impairment. Another one had the history or right upper lobe lobectomy for tuberculosis complicated extensive pleural adhesion. A combination of thoracoplasty and cavernoplasty was applied to these two cases whose operation were once to the former and twice to the latter respectively, with satisfactory results. The patients show complete closure of the cavity and bulla and have no symptoms of recurrence after surgery. The application of thoracoplasty and cavernoplasty is useful and safe to the treatment of patients suffering from atypical mycobacteriosis of the lung in cases of prospected tough resection, with expecting one stage cure.

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