2001, Number 4
Rev Inst Nal Enf Resp Mex 2001; 14 (4)
Congenital lobar emphysema associated with pectus excavatum. A clinical radiological case
Quiñones AA,Sotelo RR, Juárez HF, Flores A, Rivera F,Romero IA
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ABSTRACT
Congenital lobar emphysema results from hyperinsufflation and air trapping in an otherwise histologically normal lobe, secondary to a bronchial valvular mechanism. It induces compression of normal lung and mediastinal shift. We present the case of a 45 day old male infant seen due to non-specific respiratory difficulty and pectus excavatum; the chest X-ray showed a hyperlucent right lung and mediastinal shift. The resected middle lobe showed lobar emphysema. He remains in good condition 29 months later.