Pneumonia complications: lung abscess

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Pneumonia complications: lung abscess. Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This shows a CT scan of an 18-month-old child with a large left sided abscess. This resulted from the rupture of a pneumatocoele into the pleural space as a complication of pneumonia. The abscess in the left lung can clearly be seen, and has an air-fluid level. There is also a staphylococcal pneumatocoele (an irregular, thick walled cavity containing air and fluid) seen in the right lung. This patient underwent surgical drainage of the left pleural space, and made a good recovery.

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