@article {Yazkan538, author = {Rasih Yazkan and Berkant {\"O}zpolat and Ahin {\c S}ahin {\c S}ahinalp}, title = {Diagnosis and Management of Post-traumatic Pulmonary Pseudocyst}, volume = {54}, number = {4}, pages = {538--541}, year = {2009}, publisher = {Respiratory Care}, abstract = {Post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst is an uncommon cavitary lesion of the lung, which generally develops after blunt chest trauma. We saw a 22-year-old man with chest trauma, hemopneumothorax, and hemoptysis, on the day he fell from an electrical pylon. Intubation in the emergency department was followed by 4 days of mechanical ventilation. Computed tomogram found a post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst. On hospital day 6 he developed pneumonia, which we treated with ceftazidime plus gentamycin. He was discharged on hospital day 20, and a month later the pseudocyst had resolved without complications. Diagnosis of post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst may require computed tomography, and some complicated cases may require surgery.}, issn = {0020-1324}, URL = {https://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/4/538}, eprint = {https://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/4/538.full.pdf}, journal = {Respiratory Care} }