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. 1996 Mar;88(3):185–187.

New air-fluid levels in bullous lung disease: a reevaluation.

M S Richardson 1, V D Reddy 1, C A Read 1
PMCID: PMC2608029  PMID: 8839034

Abstract

Air-fluid levels appearing in lung bullae are always considered to indicate infection and therefore conservative management with prolonged antibiotics and observation to resolution is the recommended approach. This article presents a case of bullous lung disease with new air-fluid levels, in which a diagnosis of malignancy was made by aspiration of the fluid. This association is discussed and a more aggressive evaluation of such patients to include computed tomography of the chest and fluid sampling is recommended before a presumption of benignity is made.

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