Pulmonary cyst caused by septic emboli in the preterm infant.
A pulmonary cyst appeared in a growing preterm infant. The presumptive diagnosis was septic pulmonary embolism associated with the central venous catheter. The infant was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy and removal of the central venous catheter.
Kugelman
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Department of Neonatology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, the B. Rapapport School of Medicine, Haifa.
Weinger-Abend
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Bader
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D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed