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Cho, Choi, Cho, Kim, Choi, Park, Yoo, and Kang: A Case of Mycoplasma Pneumonia Presenting with RUL Collapse
Case Report
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2007; 63(6): 511-514.

Published online: 31 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2007.63.6.511

A Case of Mycoplasma Pneumonia Presenting with RUL Collapse

Byung Hyun Cho, M.D.1, Hye Sook Choi, M.D.1, Chang Hyun Cho, M.D.1, Yee Hyung Kim, M.D.2, Cheon Woong Choi, M.D.2, Myung Jae Park, M.D.1, Jee-Hong Yoo, M.D.2, Hong Mo Kang, M.D.1

1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyunghee University College of Medicine, Kyunghee Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

2Kyunghee University College of Medicine, East and West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Hong Mo Kang, M.D. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyunghee University College of Medicine, Kyunghee Medical Center, 1, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea. Phone: 82-2-958-8191, Fax: 82-2-968-1848, kmcim@chol.com

Received 19 October 2007       Accepted 14 December 2007

Copyright © 2007 The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumonia causes upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms in all age groups, with the highest attack rates in subjects 5 to 20 years old. In patients with mycoplasma pneumonia, the most common radiographic findings may be reticulonodular or interstitial infiltration, which have a predilection for the lower lobes. Findings that show lung collapse on a chest X-ray are very rare. We report a case of mycoplasma pneumonia that showed right upper lobe collapse.

Keywords: Mycoplasma, Pneumonia, Collapse

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Chest PA shows total collapse of right upper lobe.
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Figure 2
Chest CT shows total collapse of right upper lobe.
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Figure 3
Bronchoscopy shows the hyperemic mucosal swelling at right upper lobe bronchus.
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Figure 4
Right upper lobe collapse is completely improved on the 5th hospital day.
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