Authors
- Manel Hsairi
- Hamdi Louati
- Hamdi Abid
- Faiza Safi
- Mohamed Ali Zghal
- Lamia Gargouri
- Abdelmajid Mahfoudh
Department of Pediatric Emergency and Reanimation, Hedi Chaker Hospital, 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.
Abstract
Pneumatocele is most often seen in children with bacterial pneumonia but also develops after blunt thoracic trauma, positive pressure ventilation, and caustic aspiration. We here describe a case of pulmonary pneumatocele in postpneumonic empyema in a child.
Generally pneumatocele need not an interventional treatment and an excellent prognosis can be given with only surveillance and antibiotic if it has indication.
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