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Large sub-pleural air cysts: an extreme form of pulmonary interstitial emphysema
1Office of Chief Medical Examiner and New York University Hospital, 520 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 9, 1999
Abstract:
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a well-documented complication of positive-pressure ventilation. However, the occurrence of large sub-pleural air cysts is a less well-known, extreme manifestation of this entity. We present here an infant who developed this complication of pulmonary barotrauma during cardiopulmonary resuscitative efforts.