title: [Congenital lobar emphysema].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Congenital lobar emphysema is characterized by overinflation of pulmonary lobe and is caused by localised bronchial obstruction. The disease may result in severe respiratory distress in early infancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of children, with congenital lobar emphysema, who were treated at our department between 1997-2003, were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three males, aged 16 days till 1 year, were diagnosticed as congenital lobar emphysema. Presenting symptoms were dyspnea in 2 patients, cyanosis in 2 patients, wheesing in 2 patients, recurrent respiratory tract infection in 2 patients. Chest x rays and computerized tomography scans showed hyperinflation of the affected lobe in all patients. The affected sites were left upper lobe in 2 patients and right upper lobe in 1 patient. All patients underwent lobectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to suspect on this uncommon anomaly in early infancy. The diagnosis was established by chest x rays and CT scans. Intensive therapy and urgent lobectomy, in severe respiratory distress, are condition for successfully treatment.
authors.affiliation: Pedijatrijska Klinika, Kliniki Centar Univerziteta Sarajevu.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omerctahić-Dizdarević
authors.forename: Ediba
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saracević
authors.forename: Fedzet
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jonuzi
authors.forename: Verica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misanović
authors.forename: Dusko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anić
authors.forename: Ismeta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kalkan
authors.forename: Amra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cengić
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography