title: [Post-traumatic retroligamentary pneumatocele. Apropos of a case].
abstract: A case-report of a 17 year-old man admitted for thoracic trauma associated with a vertical air and fluid collection located behind the pulmonary ligament raises the question of the exact nature of retroligamentary pulmonary pneumatoceles. They may be intraparenchymatous pneumatoceles or simple loculated pneumothorax but whatever the actual lesion, exact recognition of this radiological image avoids drainage and operation. This lesion resolves spontaneously within several weeks.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Chirurgicale, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goudet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraisse
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mortureux
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Viard
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mabille
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La pneumatocèle rétroligamentaire post-traumatique. A propos d'une observation.