Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst: an unusual cause of a cavitary pulmonary nodule
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Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst.
A healthy 20-year-old man was admitted after being involved in a high speed collision as a restrained driver. A chest X-ray followed by a CT scan of the chest revealed fractures of the first through fourth ribs. An opacity in the right mid-lung zone and an air-fluid level, surrounded by areas of pulmonary contusion, were also noted (Pictures 1-3). A traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst (TPP) is an ai...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1806-3756
DOI: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20190397