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. 2016 May 13;150(4):945–965. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.04.026

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Traumatic pneumatocele. Thin-walled, gas-filled space in the lungs, usually transient, that can be caused by acute pneumonia, trauma, or aspiration of hydrocarbon fluids. In this illustration, there are adjacent areas of increased parenchymal density from lung contusion.