title: Air trapping from torsion of a congenital cyst of the lung.
abstract: Report on a case of congenital cyst of the lung which was attached to the pleura of the right upper lobe and because of torsion of its pedicle produced air trapping and mediastinal shift. Etiology, diagnosis and surgical indications are reviewed from the literature. No similar case has been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Steyr Province Hospital, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neugebauer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stauber
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality