[Lobar pneumonia after adenotonsillectomy in children: a case report].

Summary The patient was admitted with the complain about sleep snoring with suffocation last for half a year. Adenotonsillectomy was performed. Preoperative examination showed that there was no respiratory infection, or other surgical contraindications. The process of operation was successful. One day after surgery, the child developed chest pain and fever. Chest CT showed left lobar pneumonia. After Bronchoscopy and alveolar lavage and antibiotic use, the symptom was improved. General anesthesia and surgery were the cause of pneumonia. This case showed the association between lower respiratory tract infection and obstructive pathophysiological changes in the upper respiratory tract, and the possibility of complicated lobar pneumonia after adenotonsillectomy in children with OSA..