title: [Post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pulmonary pseudocyst is an unusual complication of chest trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old boy suffered from a non penetrating chest trauma. Examination was normal except mild hemoptysis. Chest X-rays and tomodensitometry showed several cystic lesions surrounded by areas of pulmonary contusion in the right lower lobe. X-rays performed a few years before the trauma were normal. The cystic lesions progressively disappeared within a few months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a new case of post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst whose diagnosis may be difficult until spontaneous cure.
authors.affiliation: Unité de réanimation médicale infantile, Caen, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boeuf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramakers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belzic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lecacheux
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed