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- Title
Lobar emphysema with pneumothorax in an adult: report of a case.
- Authors
Muramatsu, Takashi; Furuichi, Motohiko; Nishii, Tatsuhiko; Ishimoto, Shinichirou; Shiono, Motomi
- Abstract
A 31-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital for treatment of a right pneumothorax. She had presented initially with moderate dyspnea and coughing at a local clinic, where a chest radiograph showed a collapsed right lung. Chest computed tomography showed overinflation of the middle lobe and a large bulla. We diagnosed congenital lobar emphysema of the middle lobe with pneumothorax and performed middle lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery via four ports (5-12 mm in size). The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and was discharged from hospital 5 days after surgery.
- Subjects
LUNG disease treatment; DYSPNEA; CHEST endoscopic surgery; RADIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Surgery Today, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 5, p539
- ISSN
0941-1291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00595-012-0291-9