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Round Pneumonia | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 131, 2012, Pages 144-148 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ashoor R. Sarhat | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Round Pneumonia constitutes an atypical radiological presentation of pulmonary infections which occurs in less than 1% of cases of pneumonia. It is most commonly seen in children less than eight years of age and may simulate a pulmonary or mediastinal mass and is very rare in adults. The recognition of this entity is important, 1st in that the pneumonia may be confidently diagnosed as bacterial in etiology, usually pneumococcal; therefore appropriate antibiotic therapy may be instituted. 2nd ly, that in children it shouldn’t to be confused with mass which may have an alarming appearance on chest radiograph. So undue anxiety and unnecessary imaging may be avoided by properly diagnosing and treating the pneumonia. Here, are two cases of round pneumonia documented with their chest radiographs, which show radiological progression from round to lobar pneumonia followed by resolution after treatment with appropriate antibiotics | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Round Pneumonia | ||
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