Hemithorakale Verschattungen

Zusammenfassung

Pulmonale Läsionen im Kindesalter sind selten und unterschiedlicher Genese. Die Symptome sind meist unspezifisch. In seltenen Fällen können sie im Thoraxröntgenbild als hemithorakale Verschattung imponieren. Dieser Zustand kann zu erheblichen klinischen Beeinträchtigungen führen. Anhand von drei Patienten möchten wir auf seltene Differenzialdiagnosen hinweisen.

Summary

Pulmonary lesions in children are rare and can be caused by various conditions. Symptoms are usually nonspecific. On chest radiography they can rarely result in hemithoracic total opacity with important clinical complications. Here we report on three children with hemithoracal opacity and discuss infrequent differential diagnoses.

Schlüsselwörter

Thorakale Verschattung - abszedierende Pneumonie - Keimzelltumor - Teratom - Rhabdomyosarkom

Keywords

Thoracic opacities - pulmonary abscess - germ cell tumour - teratoma - rhabdomyosarcoma

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