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pneumatocele

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pneumatocele /pneu·ma·to·cele/ (noo-mat´o-sēl)
1. aerocele; a tumor or cyst formed by air or other gas filling an adventitious pouch, such as a laryngocele, tracheocele, or gaseous swelling of the scrotum.
2. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung, as in staphylococcal pneumonia.

pneu·ma·to·cele (nm-t-sl, n-mt-)
n.
1. A emphysematous or gaseous swelling.
2. See pneumonocele.
3. A thin-walled cavity formed within the lung, characteristic of staphylococcus pneumonia.

pneumatocele
[noo͡mat′əsēl′]
1 a thin-walled cavity in the lung parenchyma caused by partial airway obstruction.
2 a hernial protrusion of lung tissue.
3 a tumor or sac containing gas, especially of the scrotum. Also called pneumonocele [no̅o̅mon′əsēl] .

pneumatocele [noo-mat´o-sēl]
1. a tumor or cyst formed by air or other gas filling an adventitious pouch, such as a laryngocele, tracheocele, or gaseous swelling of the scrotum. Called also aerocele and pneumocele.
2. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung, as in staphylococcal pneumonia. Called also pneumocele and pneumonocele.

pneumatocele
1. hernia of lung tissue.
2. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung.
3. a tumor or sac containing gas, especially a gaseous swelling of the scrotum.


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5) Differential diagnostic considerations vary based on the time of imaging and include pneumothorax, pneumatocele, atelectasis, or hypoplasia of the lung with hyperinflation of the contralateral lung, diaphragmatic hernia, and congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation.
A CT angiogram done to rule out pulmonary embolus revealed a new pneumatocele in the left upper lobe with multiloculation, bronchiectasis in an upper lobe predominance, ground glass lung posteriorly in the right lung, and a three-pronged cluster of soft tissue mass in the superior aspect of the right lower lobe.
 
 
 
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