CHORUS - home page

Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology

Respiratory system

About CHORUS
Disclaimer
Copyright

Swyer-James syndrome

"unilateral hyperlucent lung", Macleod syndrome

may be bilateral
hyperlucency + air-trapping
decreased pulmonary arteries
paucity of bronchial subdivisions +/- proximal bronchiectasis
h/o early + recurrent lower respiratory tract infections
possibly 2' to obliterative bronchitis/bronchiolitis (adenovirus?)

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013

Related CHORUS documents:

bronchiectasis

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Kartagener syndrome

cystic fibrosis

rheumatoid lung disease

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.