Bilateral Paramediastinal Post-Traumatic Lung Cysts

Unilateral post-traumatic and paramediastinal lung cysts are uncommon. Conservative therapeutic measures are usually sufficient. This report describes a patient whose bilateral post-traumatic paramediastinal lung cysts, a previously undescribed entity, were presumed to be bilateral hemidiaphragmatic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1990-01, Vol.97 (1), p.242-244
Hauptverfasser:	Ulstad, David R., Bjelland, John C., Quan, Stuart F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Blunt trauma Complications and side effects Cysts Cysts - diagnosis Cysts - diagnostic imaging Cysts - etiology Diagnostic Errors Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic - diagnosis Humans Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases - diagnosis Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases - etiology Lung Injury Lungs Male Mediastinum Medical examination Medical sciences Pneumology Radiography Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Zusammenfassung:	Unilateral post-traumatic and paramediastinal lung cysts are uncommon. Conservative therapeutic measures are usually sufficient. This report describes a patient whose bilateral post-traumatic paramediastinal lung cysts, a previously undescribed entity, were presumed to be bilateral hemidiaphragmatic hernias and, consequently, led to unnecessary surgery. (Chest 1990; 97:242-44)
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.97.1.242