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Case of the Week 329



What's the most likely diagnosis?

  • 58 year-old male with mild elevation of white blood count



  1. Abscess
  2. Infected bulla
  3. TB
  4. Esophageal Duplication Cyst
  5. Bronchogenic carcinoma

Additional Images - Frontal view of chest three months earlier

 

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bulla

Frontal view of chest three months earlier


Answer:


2. Infected Bulla


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Infected Bulla

General Considerations

  • A bulla is characteristically thin-walled -- < 1 mm
  • Air-filled space
  • Contained within the lung
  • 1 cm in size or greater when distended
  • Walls may be formed by pleura, septa, or compressed lung tissue

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