Pneumonectomy in an Older Patient With Swyer-James-MacLeod Syndrome With a Giant Bulla.
Journal
The Annals of thoracic surgery
ISSN: 1552-6259
Titre abrégé: Ann Thorac Surg
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 15030100R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2020
04 2020
Historique:
received:
02
05
2019
revised:
03
07
2019
accepted:
05
07
2019
pubmed:
1
9
2019
medline:
21
5
2020
entrez:
1
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is a rare lung disease that appears as unilateral pulmonary hyperlucency on chest radiographs and is considered to occur as a result of childhood bronchiolitis obliterans. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who experienced exertional dyspnea owing to Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome associated with a giant calcified bulla that occupied the entire hemithorax. Right pneumonectomy was performed because of progressive pulmonary dysfunction caused by the compression of the bulla on the left lung. This treatment dramatically improved both her pulmonary function and symptoms. Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is a rare disease characterized by unilateral pulmonary hyperlucency on chest radiography. In this case, Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome associated with a giant calcified bulla that compressed the patient's left lung was treated with right pneumonectomy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31472136
pii: S0003-4975(19)31245-7
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.022
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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