Posttraumatic pulmonary pseudocysts as a manifestation of child abuse.
Posttraumatic pulmonary pseudocysts (PTPPCs) are air-, fluid-, or blood-filled spaces in the lung parenchyma. They are rare findings and are associated with substantial blunt force trauma to the chest. Cases in the literature have primarily reported PTPPCs as a result of motor vehicle accidents. There has not been a case of PTPPC reported in the child abuse literature. This case report describes a child with a PTPPC secondary to inflicted abusive injury.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA. verena.wyvill@chkd.org
Verena
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Wyvill
Suzanne P
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Starling
Michelle
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Clayton
D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis*