Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J Capeder.
In three patients traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts were observed. In one the cause was a barotrauma due to hyperbaric oxygenation with positive end-expiratory pressure. In the other two an accident was the cause. Expectant management is always indicated because in most cases there is spontaneous regression, as long as there are no important complications. In ventilated patients mean and peak pressure values should be as low as possible.
Kartagener's syndrome (situs inversus totalis, bronchiectasis and sinusitis) was demonstrated in two patients. Electron microscopic investigations of the bronchial epithelium showed an accidental arrangement of ciliary axes, but not the expected lack of dynein arms. In both cases severe disturbance of maturation of spermiogenesis, not noted in this syndrome so far, was observed. Whereas one patient is largely free of symptoms after two operations, the other died after the second operation as a consequence of bronchopleural fistulation and bilateral pneumonic complications.