Medical Journal of Indonesia
Vol. 32 No. 4 (2023): December

Commonly misdiagnosed round pneumonia in a child: a case report

Tran, Khai Quang (Unknown)
Bui, Nghia Quang (Unknown)
Pham, Tho Kieu Anh (Unknown)
Nguyen, Tri Duc (Unknown)
Pham, Quan Minh (Unknown)
Tran, NhuThi Huynh (Unknown)
Tran, Ly Cong (Unknown)
Do, Nam Hoang (Unknown)
Nguyen, Phuong Minh (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Dec 2023

Abstract

Round pneumonia, a specific radiological finding in children, is often caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; but it is easily misdiagnosed with some other diseases, causing many difficulties for clinicians. We described a case report of round pneumonia in a 9-year-old boy, with chest pain, following fever, productive cough, left-sided pulmonary consolidation syndrome, tachypnea, no chest indrawing, and a round homogenous lesion about 4 cm in diameter with a clear border in the left upper lobe position on chest X-ray. He was initially misdiagnosed as a lung tumor. He was correctly diagnosed with round pneumonia prior to pneumonectomy and was successfully treated with antibiotics. Therefore, it is important to carefully analyze round pneumonia cases that are often misdiagnosed, resulting in poor therapy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MJI

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

This quarterly medical journal is an official scientific journal of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia in collaboration with German-Indonesian Medical Association (DIGM) Indexed in: IMSEAR; CAB Abstracts; Global Health; HINARI; DOAJ; DRJI; Google Scholar; JournalTOCs; Ulrichsweb Global ...