Citation

Wyvill V, Starling SP, Clayton M. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2012; 28(2): 178-179.

Affiliation

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182447de3

PMID

22307189

Abstract

Posttraumatic pulmonary pseudocysts (PTPPCs) are air-, fluid-, or blood-filled spaces in the lung parenchyma. They are rare findings and are associated with substantial blunt force trauma to the chest. Cases in the literature have primarily reported PTPPCs as a result of motor vehicle accidents. There has not been a case of PTPPC reported in the child abuse literature. This case report describes a child with a PTPPC secondary to inflicted abusive injury.

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