Goktalay T.Yaldiz S.Alpaydin A.O.Goktan C.Celik P.2024-07-222024-07-22201119433654http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/18006Persistent hydropneumothorax was diagnosed in a 62-year-old female with a history of blunt trauma, although she was treated with chest tube and closed underwater seal drainage. Computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy findings were consistent with "fallen lung" syndrome. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy also found a cavitary lesion at the right tracheobronchial angle. Forceps biopsy of the cavitary lesion indicated bronchogenic carcinoma. Our final diagnosis was tracheobronchial complete rupture and fallen lung syndrome secondary to malignancy. © 2011 Daedalus Enterprises.EnglishAll Open Access; Bronze Open AccessBronchiBronchoscopyChest TubesDiagnosis, DifferentialFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansHydropneumothoraxLung NeoplasmsMiddle AgedRuptureThoracic InjuriesTomography, X-Ray Computedadultarticleblunt traumabronchus biopsybronchus rupturecancer stagingcase reportcomputer assisted tomographydeathfallen lung syndromefemalefiberoptic bronchoscopyhumanhuman tissuehydrothoraxlung carcinomalung diseasetubeArticle10.4187/respcare.01012