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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

VATS management of an enlarging multicystic pneumatocele

Journal of Perinatology volume 28, pages 445–447 (2008)Cite this article

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A multicystic pneumatocele progressively enlarged when the patient required positive pressure ventilation for an intercurrent respiratory syncytial virus infection. Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery was used to visualize the pneumatocele for cannulation. One chamber of the pneumatocele was cannulated with a pigtail catheter and another large chamber ruptured, without cannulation. The multicystic pneumatocele resolved with this therapy.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology Division, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    A M Fujii

  2. Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Division, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

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Fujii, A., Moulton, S. VATS management of an enlarging multicystic pneumatocele. J Perinatol 28, 445–447 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211928

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