title: [Clinical and physiopathological significance of pneumatocele in pulmonary pathology in children].
abstract: Two cases of pneumatocele are reported. As our cases suggest and as the literature reports, the pneumatoceles are almost always benign lesions, whose resolution is only partially influenced by the therapy. On contrary their worrying radiological aspect and their long persistence can induce erroneously to think not efficacious the started therapy and therefore to change it. The etiology and the pathogenesis of pneumatocele are not completely clarified, even if various theory have been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica 3a, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Novembre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cianferoni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zammarchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Natoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Procopio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vierucci
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Significato clinico e fisiopatologico dei pneumatoceli nella patologia polmonare del bambino.