Presentation
Cough, fever and respiratory distress of 1 week duration.
Patient Data
Age: 2 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cavitating pneumonia
Frontal
Confluent consolidation in the left lower lobe with cavitation..
From the case:
Cavitating pneumonia
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Axial lung window
Confluent airspace consolidation in the left lower lobe with air-bronchograms and multiple sharply defined cavities that contain air and minimal fluid, consistent with cavitating pneumonia.
Small left pleural effusion.
Case Discussion
Features are consistent with cavitating pneumonia. Cavitation should be differentiated from abscess and pneumatocele (thin-walled pseudocyst) formation, both of which can complicate pneumonia..
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