"Popcorn" Cavitary Pneumonia: A Case Report. Issue 5 (4th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bethuel, Nancy W.; Edmonds, Lee
• Is Part Of: Clinical pulmonary medicine. Volume 27:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 139
• Page End: 140
• Publication Date: 2020-09-04
• Subjects: cavitary pneumonia -- foreign body aspiration -- upper lobe cavitation; Lungs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.24005
• DOI: 10.1097/CPM.0000000000000372
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1068-0640

Abstract

Abstract : Upper lobe cavitation carries a broad differential. No review, to our knowledge, includes foreign body in the differential diagnosis. Similarly, reviews of foreign body aspiration do not report lung cavitation. Herein, we report a case of an alert 58-year-old man who presented with sepsis secondary to presumed right upper lobe pneumonia. Computed tomography of the chest was significant for multiple loculated cavitary lesions. Subsequent bronchoscopy revealed a single kernel of popcorn impacted in the bronchus. Our case report highlights the importance of recognizing atypical presentations of foreign body aspiration.