Large Traumatic Pneumatocele in a 2-Year-Old Child
Traumatic pneumatoceles are a rare complication of blunt chest trauma in children. Although they characteristically present as small, regular shaped lesions which can be safely treated nonoperatively, larger traumatic pneumatoceles pose diagnostic and management difficulties for clinicians. This cas...
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pubmed-38006752013-11-03 Large Traumatic Pneumatocele in a 2-Year-Old Child Cheung, N. K. James, A. Kumar, R. Case Report Traumatic pneumatoceles are a rare complication of blunt chest trauma in children. Although they characteristically present as small, regular shaped lesions which can be safely treated nonoperatively, larger traumatic pneumatoceles pose diagnostic and management difficulties for clinicians. This case study reports one of the largest traumatic pneumatoceles reported to date in the paediatric population, which resulted in aggressive surgical intervention for both diagnostic and treatment reasons. This case adds further evidence to the current literature that significantly large traumatic pneumatoceles with failure of initial conservative management warrant surgical exploration and management to optimise recovery and prevent complications. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3800675/ /pubmed/24187643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/940189 Text en Copyright © 2013 N. K. Cheung et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Large Traumatic Pneumatocele in a 2-Year-Old Child |
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Large Traumatic Pneumatocele in a 2-Year-Old Child |
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Large Traumatic Pneumatocele in a 2-Year-Old Child |
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Traumatic pneumatoceles are a rare complication of blunt chest trauma in children. Although they characteristically present as small, regular shaped lesions which can be safely treated nonoperatively, larger traumatic pneumatoceles pose diagnostic and management difficulties for clinicians. This case study reports one of the largest traumatic pneumatoceles reported to date in the paediatric population, which resulted in aggressive surgical intervention for both diagnostic and treatment reasons. This case adds further evidence to the current literature that significantly large traumatic pneumatoceles with failure of initial conservative management warrant surgical exploration and management to optimise recovery and prevent complications. |
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