Open AccessSpontaneous lung pneumatocele in an adult with community-acquired pneumonia
Author(s) -
Jaya Bajpai,
Surya Kant,
Ajay Kumar Verma,
Darshan Kumar Bajaj
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of internal medicine/the egyptian journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-9098
pISSN - 1110-7782
DOI - 10.4103/ejim.ejim_6_17
Subject(s) - pneumatocele , medicine , pneumonia , parenchyma , lung , bronchopneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , intensive care medicine , pathology , surgery
Pulmonary pneumatoceles are thin-walled, air-filled cystic lesions occurring in lung parenchyma. They occur as a sequelae to bacterial infections of the lung, especially bronchopneumonia. They are commonly seen in infants and children. In this article, we report a rare case of pneumatoceles in a 40-year-old adult following staphylococcal community-acquired pneumonia