title: Lobar emphysema due to ductus arteriosus compressing right upper bronchus in an infant with congenital heart disease.
abstract: A 1-month-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, right aortic arch, and right ductus arteriosus, exhibited progressive right upper lobar emphysema since his birth. The emphysema was caused by the right ductus arteriosus compressing the right upper bronchus. After division of the ductus arteriosus the emphysema completely regressed. We should explore the cause of lobar emphysema thoroughly before lobectomy especially when it is extrinsic. The emphysema may regress by eliminating the extrinsic factor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki, Saitama, Japan. a1075097@pref.saitama.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hishitani
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaka
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masago
authors.forename: Misako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology*