title: Post-pneumonectomy syndrome in an adult presenting with positional syncope.
abstract: Post-pneumonectomy syndrome is a rare late complication of pneumonectomy, which is due to extreme mediastinal shift and rotation into the pneumonectomy space. Recurrent syncope following a right pneumonectomy in a 21-year-old woman was treated by insertion of an expandable silicone prosthesis into the pneumonectomy space.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gebitekin
authors.forename: Ahmet S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bayram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012008:Recurrence; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012965:Sodium Chloride