Publication details
Proč ten pneumotorax nemizí? (Kazuistika)
| Title in English | Why won't this pneumothorax disappear? (a case report) |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia pneumologica et phthiseologica |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Pneumology |
| Keywords | pulmonary emphysema; Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome; bronchiolitis obliterans |
| Description | We report a case of a young patient with a rare syndrome characterized by the presence of localized pulmonary emphysema that was misdiagnosed as pneumothorax. Fortunately, thoracic drainage was not performed in this patient. Based on a typical history and radiological findings, Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome was diagnosed. This clinical/radiological syndrome is characterized by the presence of unilateral localized pulmonary emphysema. We report two other cases of patients with Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome and present their radiographic records along with the results of their lung function tests. |