pneumatocele
Sign in to savethumb|Large, right lower lobe pneumatocele is shown, compromising ventilation in a premature infant with Infant respiratory distress syndrome|RDS and superimposed RSV pneumonitis. A pneumatocele is a cavity in the lung parenchyma filled with air that may result from pulmonary trauma during mechanical ventilation.
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thumb|Large, right lower lobe pneumatocele is shown, compromising ventilation in a premature infant with Infant respiratory distress syndrome|RDS and superimposed RSV pneumonitis. A pneumatocele is a cavity in the lung parenchyma filled with air that may result from pulmonary trauma during mechanical ventilation.
Gas-filled, or air-filled lesions in bone are known as pneumocysts. When a pneumocyst is found in a bone it is called an intraosseous pneumocyst, or a vertebral pneumocyst when found in a vertebra.
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