| Delayed Tension Pneumothorax Detected 4 Days after Central Venous Catheterization: A case report. |
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Seung Hwa Lee, Jae Wan Lee, Ju Tae Sohn, Hyo Min Lee, Il Woo Shin, Heon Keun Lee, Young Kyun Chung |
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. jtsohn@nongae. gsnu.ac.kr
2Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. jtsohn@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr |
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| Abstract |
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Pneumothorax is one of the most frequent complications of percutaneous central venous catheterization.Most significant pneumothoraces are easily detected on postcatheterization chest radiograph.However, we report a rare case of delayed tension pneumothorax detected 4 days after unsuccessful central venous catheterization via the infraclavicular subclavian vein, although initial postcatheterization and postoperative supine chest radiographs showed no active lesion. |
| Key Words:
central venous catheterization; delayed tension pneumothorax; pneumothorax |
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