Advances in pediatric surgery
- Volume 13 Issue 1
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- Pages.87-92
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- 2007
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
A Case of Infantile Lobar Emphysema
유아 대엽성 폐기종 1례
- Lee, Seock-Yeol (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Seung-Jin (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Cheol-Sae (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Kihl-Rho (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
- Oh, Mee-Hye (Department of Anatomic Pathology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
- 이석열 (순천향대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
- 이승진 (순천향대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
- 이철세 (순천향대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
- 이길노 (순천향대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
- 오미혜 (순천향대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
- Received : 2006.09.13
- Accepted : 2006.12.01
- Published : 2007.06.30
Abstract
An 1-month old female newborn was admitted to our hospital because of jaundice which occurred at 2 days after birth. Plain chest X-ray and chest CT revealed a collapsed right middle lobe and lobar emphysema was suspected. Right upper lobectomy of the lung was done and pathologic findings showed an infantile lobar emphysema. After the operation, the newborn was discharged without complication and was followed up through the out patient clinic. Infantile lobar emphysema is rare and male dominant. Left upper lobe of the lung is the most prevalent site. Patients with infantile lobar emphysema complain of respiratory symptoms. We report one case of infantile lobar emphysema on right upper lobe of lung, in a female with no respiratory symptoms.