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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2012
Case ReportsPosttraumatic pulmonary pseudocysts as a manifestation of child abuse.
- Verena Wyvill, Suzanne P Starling, and Michelle Clayton.
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA. verena.wyvill@chkd.org
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Feb 1;28(2):178-9.
AbstractPosttraumatic 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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