Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
Tension pneumatocoele in a child with an empyema
1 Sheffield Children’s Hospital, PCCU, Western Bank, Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK
2 Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TH, UK
Correspondence to:
Christopher Thomas Edwards, ctcedwards{at}doctors.org.uk
A previously well 13-month-old child presented to our institution with a pneumonia which developed into a tension pneumatocoele. Management was conservative and the patient fully recovered. Streptococcus pneumoniae type 7F was isolated and is not covered by the current heptavalent vaccine.
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