Open AccessTraumatic pulmonary pseudocyst
Author(s) -
Neeraj Gupta,
Jacob George,
Rakesh Gupta,
Ramakant Dixit
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.114276
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary contusion , blunt , thoracic trauma , radiology , parenchyma , pulmonary injury , lung , pathology , pulmonary fibrosis
Blunt thoracic trauma manifests in various ways, depending on the structures injured and type of injury. Commonly manifested as parenchymal contusion, at times, pseudacavitation may also been seen on the chest X ray. They are to be differentiated from other causes of pulmonary cavitations which are often done based on history. The so called pulmonary pseudo cysts usually have a benign course and needs only observation.