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| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 27
| Issue : 3 | Page : 351-353 |
Surgical management of an infant with nonresolving pneumonia
Sumant Prabhudesai1, Vishal Sawant2, Sujoy Das2, Bharati Sawant3
1 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Healthway Hospital, Kadamba Plateau, Goa, India
2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Healthway Hospital, Kadamba Plateau, Goa, India
3 Department of Anesthesia, Healthway Hospital, Kadamba Plateau, Goa, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sumant Prabhudesai
Healthway Hospital, Plot No. 132/1 (Part), Kadamba Plateau, Old Goa - 403 402, Goa
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_24_21
We describe a 3-month-old baby who presented with a nonresolving pneumonia which failed to respond to antibiotic therapy. An underlying congenital pulmonary adenomatous malformation was suspected. On thoracotomy, she was found to have a tuberculous mediastinal abscess which was drained. Mediastinal abscess is a rare occurrence in childhood tuberculosis.
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