title: A child with respiratory distress having unilateral obstructive emphysema and contralateral opaque hemithorax on chest radiograph: role of multi-detector computerized tomography with multi-planar reconstruction and virtual bronchoscopy.
abstract: We describe a case of mucus plug in the right main bronchus with ipsilateral obstructive emphysema and contralateral opaque hemithorax in an 18-month-old girl who presented with respiratory distress. The role of multi-detector CT scan with multi-planar reconstructions and virtual bronchoscopy is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Command Hospital (SC), Pune, India. jyotindu_debnath@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019568:Lung, Hyperlucent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*