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Cureus
June 2024
Pulmonology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, ARE.
Traumatic pneumatocele (TP) is a rare complication that can develop in the lungs following a traumatic event. These lesions are sometimes mistaken for congenital airway malformations. Multiple theories exist to explain the pathophysiology of this condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKyobu Geka
September 2022
Department of Surgery, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Thoracic injuries are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Traumatic pulmonary contusion and/or laceration are often observed in patients with chest trauma, explosion injuries or a shock wave associated with penetrating trauma. A pulmonary contusion is an injury to the lung parenchyma without actual structural damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Case Rep
December 2021
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
We report a case of a temporal bone pneumatocele with full-thickness erosion of the cranium associated with aggressive nose blowing. This condition presented 9 years after traumatic fracture of the temporal bone. There are 17 reported cases of mastoid sinus hyperpneumatisation in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Pract Cases Emerg Med
August 2021
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California.
Introduction: Chest wall masses are rare in children, but the differential diagnosis is broad and can include traumatic injury, neoplasm, and inflammatory or infectious causes. We report a novel case of an eight-year-old, previously healthy female who presented to the emergency department (ED) with one month of cough, fevers, weight loss, and an anterior chest wall mass.
Case Report: The patient's ultimate diagnosis was necrotizing pneumonia with pneumatocele extending into the chest wall.
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