title: Computed tomographic findings of neonatal lung abscess.
abstract: A 3-week-old child with respiratory distress had an air-fluid level on chest roentgenogram. Computed tomography of the chest distinguished the mass as a discrete lung abscess, without underlying abnormality. Due to failure of the child's condition to improve with medical therapy, a limited thoracotomy and drainage of the lung abscess was performed; Escherichia coli and no anaerobic organisms grew from cultures of abscess material. We believe computed tomography to be of great benefit in defining suspected lung abscess in the neonate.
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed