Abstract

A 36-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to tibio-fibular fracture of the right leg and chest contusion. He was diagnosed as a bilateral traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst by Chest X-ray and computerized tomography. Follow-up chest CT showed incresed traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst. The patient complained of high fever and leukocytosis was occured. The patient underwent pulmonary wedge resection including traumatic pseudocyst of right upper and middle lobe. Following the operation, the patient has improved. Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst is a rare complication after chest contusion. We present the case and review the traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst with related articles.

• Keywords: Chest contusion, Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst