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Preferred Label : pneumatocele;

Definition : Pathology.—A pneumatocele is a thin-walled, gas-filled space in the lung. It is most frequently caused by acute pneumonia, trauma, or aspiration of hydrocarbon fluid and is usually transient. The mechanism is believed to be a combination of parenchymal necrosis and check-valve airway obstruction (107). Radiographs and CT scans.—A pneumatocele appears as an approximately round, thin-walled airspace in the lung. [Fleischner Society];

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Pathology.—A pneumatocele is a thin-walled, gas-filled space in the lung. It is most frequently caused by acute pneumonia, trauma, or aspiration of hydrocarbon fluid and is usually transient. The mechanism is believed to be a combination of parenchymal necrosis and check-valve airway obstruction (107). Radiographs and CT scans.—A pneumatocele appears as an approximately round, thin-walled airspace in the lung. [Fleischner Society]

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