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Citation:
Weerakkody Y, Di Muzio B, Bell D, Loculated pneumothorax. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 25 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-55909
Loculated pneumothorax is a form of pneumothorax where a pocket of pleural air is trapped within a localized area. They may occur in a number of situations including in patients with acute respiratory disease treated with mechanical ventilation and status post pleural aspiration in the context of previous pleural inflammation or pleurodesis.
Differential diagnosis
On a chest radiograph they may be mistaken as a focal subpleural bullous space.
See also
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1. Boland GW, Lee MJ, Sutcliffe NP, Mueller PR. Loculated pneumothoraces in patients with acute respiratory disease treated with mechanical ventilation: preliminary observations after image-guided drainage. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 7 (2): 247-52. Pubmed
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2. Friedman PJ. Adult pulmonary ligament pneumatocele: a loculated pneumothorax. Radiology. 155 (3): 575-6. doi:10.1148/radiology.155.3.4001354 - Pubmed
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3. Chon KS, vanSonnenberg E, D'Agostino HB, O'Laoide RM, Colt HG, Hart E. CT-guided catheter drainage of loculated thoracic air collections in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 173 (5): 1345-50. doi:10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541116 - Pubmed
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