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BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.05.2009.1888
  • Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury

Tension pneumatocoele in a child with an empyema

  1. Christopher Thomas Edwards1,
  2. Noreen West2
  1. 1
    Sheffield Children’s Hospital, PCCU, Western Bank, Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK
  2. 2
    Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TH, UK
  1. Christopher Thomas Edwards, ctcedwards{at}doctors.org.uk
  • Published 23 July 2009

Summary

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.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: none.

  • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication

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