Conservative management of pneumatocele after necrotizing pneumonia in children

Francisco José Sanz Santaeufemia^a, ME García Talavera^b, Asela Ruiz Zamora^c, Patricia Flores Pérez^a

^aSección de Pediatría Hospitalaria. Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Madrid. España.
^bMédico de Familia. CS Felipe II. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
^cMIR-Pediatría. Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: FJ Sanz. E-mail: sanzsantaeufemiafj@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Sanz Santaeufemia FJ, García Talavera ME, Ruiz Zamora A, Flores Pérez P. Conservative management of pneumatocele after necrotizing pneumonia in children. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2017;19:271-3.

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Abstract

Pneumatocele is a rounded cystic thin-walled lesion full of air inside the lung due to a lung trauma, infection or inflammation. It can be misdiagnosed with other pulmonary air cyst as bronquiectasia or adenomatous malformation. If there are no severe respiratory symptoms, radiological follow-up will be enough avoiding harmful diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for the patient.

Keywords

● Lung injury ● Pneumonia

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