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Fatty bronchogram: a sign of cystic teratoma rupture in the lung

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Singapore Med J 2011; 52(10): e210-e212
Fatty bronchogram: a sign of cystic teratoma rupture in the lung

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Rossi G, Ronza FM, Porto A, De Rosa N
Correspondence: Dr Francesco M Ronza, francesco.ronza@virgilio.it

ABSTRACT
A 47-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for septic fever. Multidetector computed tomography showed a pulmonary cavitated consolidation that was partially filled by low-density material and an interrupted rim of soft tissue in adjacent mediastinum, lining an inhomogeneous fat density area. Lung consolidation presented a bronchogram fluid sign with a -40 Hounsfield unit density value, which indicated a fatty bronchogram. Mediastinal cystic teratoma rupture in the lung was derived from a bacterial infection, with the lipoid material pouring into the lung and its drainage bronchus.

Keywords: bronchogram sign, mediastinal teratoma, multidetector computed tomography
Singapore Med J 2011; 52(10): e210-e212

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