Fire-eater's pneumonia characterized by pneumatocele formation and spontaneous resolution

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-203

  Kadakal, Figen ^a   Uysal, Mehmet Atilla ^a   Gülhan, Nazan Bayram ^b   Turan, Nurten Güner ^c   Bayramoǧlu, Sibel ^c   Yilmaz, Veysel ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pneumonia; Radiography

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FIRE EATER PNEUMONIA; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMONIA; SHOWMAN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957231502     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1591-07.1     Document Type: Article

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