Late development of pneumatoceles in necrotizing pneumonia

Affiliations

¹ Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
² Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Sila Y Kocer et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;59(2):502-505.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.26777. Epub 2023 Nov 28.

¹ Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
² Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: children; complicated pneumonia; imaging; lobectomy; lung cysts.

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