title: Congenital lobar emphysema--a report of 5 cases.
abstract: Five infants with congenital lobar emphysema whose main symptoms included dyspnea, cyanosis and recurrent respiratory infections, are presented herein. The most reliable diagnostic tool was plain chest X-ray films with antero-posterior and lateral views, while radio-isotopic investigation of the lung perfusion state took second place in the diagnosis of this disease. The affected lobes were the left upper lobe in four patients and the right middle lobe in one. Lobectomy was performed with good results in 4 patients, however, 1 infant was lost following an emergency thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Senyuz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Danismend
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yeker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buyukunal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oruc
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography