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| Issue : 2 | Page : 155-158 |
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Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst
Neeraj Gupta1, Jacob George2, Rakesh C Gupta1, Ramakant Dixit1
1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Pushpagiri Medical college, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Jacob George
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Pushpagiri Medical college, Thiruvalla, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.114276
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Blunt thoracic trauma manifests in various ways, depending on the structures injured and type of injury. Commonly manifested as parenchymal contusion, at times, pseudacavitation may also been seen on the chest X ray. They are to be differentiated from other causes of pulmonary cavitations which are often done based on history. The so called pulmonary pseudo cysts usually have a benign course and needs only observation. |
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