Pulmonary pseudocyst after blunt chest trauma
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A 17-year-old woman admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for high-energy trauma after being run over. On arrival the patient was stable. A computed tomography was performed, highlighting at the level of the lung parenchyma the existence of a traumatic pseudo cyst in the left lower lobe (Figure 1. Red square) together with a small sheet of pneumothorax (red arrow). Pseudo cysts are cavitated shear lesions, causing air leakage. It is a rare complication of thoracic trauma, being more common in pediatric patients and young adults. The clinic can vary from being asymptomatic to severe respiratory failure.
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Vélez Tejada María Paulina, Morales Múnera Olga Lucía, Montoya Ochoa Francisco, Roya Pabón Claudia Liliana. Trauma: una etiología infrecuente del pseudoquiste pulmonar. Iatreia [Internet]. 2014 June [cited 2023 July 06];27(2):221-225. Available from: http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-07932014000200010&lng=en.