Round pneumonia or incidental finding?

Marta Bascuas Arribas^a, Verónica Sanz Santiago^a, Pedro Viaño Nogueira^b, Cristina de Manuel Gómez^c, Gustavo Albi Rodríguez^d, Federico Gutiérrez Larraya^e, José Ramón Villa Asensi^a

^aServicio de Neumología. Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Madrid. España.
^bMIR-Pediatría. Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Madrid. España.
^cServicio de Neumología. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
^dServicio de Radiodiagnóstico. Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Madrid. España.
^eServicio de Cardiología. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: M Bascuas. E-mail: marta.bascuas4@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Bascuas Arribas M, Sanz Santiago V, Viaño Nogueira P, de Manuel Gómez C, Albi Rodríguez G, Gutiérrez Larraya F, et al. Round pneumonia or incidental finding? Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2022;24:159-62.

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Abstract

The differential diagnosis of round pneumonia is broad and includes infectious, malignant, and congenital diseases. The patient presented below received a diagnosis of round pneumonia based on compatible clinical and radiological findings; however, the definitive diagnosis was a vascular malformation. This case allows us to reflect on the importance of considering alternative diagnoses in the presence of round opacities in the lung and when performance of a follow-up X-ray is or not required in such cases. In addition, the most original aspect of this case lies in the treatment provided for the vascular malformation, which has not been previously described: propranolol.

Keywords

● Propanolol ● Round pneumonia ● Vascular anomalies

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