Rev Pneumol Clin
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Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) or post-obstructive pulmonary edema (POPE) is a rare but a life threatening respiratory situation. The most frequent cause of NPPE is a post anesthetic laryngospasm. ⋯ We report this clinical case of a 28-year-old woman, who developed dyspnea followed by acute respiratory distress with unilateral pulmonary edema after extubation following general anesthesia for cholecystectomy under celioscopy. After elimination of any other cause, context, clinical and radiological characteristics, and the favorable evolution under oxygen and furosemide made it possible for us to link this acute respiratory distress to a NPPE whose pathophysiological causes and mechanisms are discussed.