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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


 

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