PMC9579333_01
Chest computed tomography (CT) scan on admission (A), at 11 days (B), and after bronchial occlusion with a endobronchial Watanabe spigot (EWS) (D), and EWS (C). CT scan of the chest showing diffuse ground glass opacity on admission (A). CT scan of the chest showing cysts clustered on the peripheral side of the left B4 at 11 days (B). EWS shown being implanted in left B4b (C). And, CT scan showing improvement in the pneumothorax after bronchial occlusion with EWS (D).
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Computed tomography (CT) scan showed diffuse ground glass opacities in both lungs (Figure 1A). CT scan of the chest showed cysts clustered on the peripheral side of the left B4 (Figure 1B). This site was identified to be the location of air leak, and bronchial occlusion with an EWS (size: M, 6 mm; Novatech, La Ciotat, France) was performed (Figure 1C). Therefore, intravenous infusion of FXIII (Fibrogammin  240 IU, 4 ml/day for 5 days) was added to the treatment, enabling drain removal (Figure 1D).