[The congenital lobar emphysema--a case of emergency for the thoracical surgery during the early infancy (author's transl)].
The congenital lobar emphysema is a not very often found malformation. It causes during the first respirations a excessive, almost unilateral, segmental or lobar expansion. This ensues quickly a unilateral, intrathoracic high pressure with atelectasis, displacement of the mediastinum to the otherside and following extensive respiratory and circulatory derangements. The fully developed syndrom may lead to death very quickly. If diagnosis is assured, therapy of choice is to resect the involved parts of the lung.
D001995:Bronchography; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013398:Sudden Infant Death
Das kongenitale lobäre Emphysem - ein thoraxchirurgischer Notfall im Neugeborenen- und Säuglingsalter