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Spontaneous lung pneumatocele in an adult with community-acquired pneumonia

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine volume 29, pages 141–143 (2017)Cite this article

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Pulmonary pneumatoceles are thin-walled, air-filled cystic lesions occurring in lung parenchyma. They occur as a sequelae to bacterial infections of the lung, especially bronchopneumonia. They are commonly seen in infants and children. In this article, we report a rare case of pneumatoceles in a 40-year-old adult following staphylococcal community-acquired pneumonia.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, 226003, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Jyoti Bajpai, Surya Kant FCCP (USA), MNAMS, FIMSA, FNCCP, FIAB, FCAI, Ajay Kumar Verma & Darshan Kumar Bajaj

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Bajpai, J., Kant, S., Verma, A.K. et al. Spontaneous lung pneumatocele in an adult with community-acquired pneumonia. Egypt J Intern Med 29, 141–143 (2017). https://doi.org/10.4103/ejim.ejim_6_17

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