[Hyperlucent lung syndrom caused by pulmonary artery hypoplasia in patient with diagnosed asthma--case report].
We present case of 67-years-old, non-smoking woman with unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome. She has diagnosed asthma and since 1997 she has been treated with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonists without improvement. She complained of a cough, shortness of breath, pulmonary function test reveal irrvesibility airflow obstruction. The routine X-ray chest showed unilateral hyperlucent left lung. Ct-angiography has shown unilateral hypoplasia of pulmonary artery. It indicates that in all cases of uncontrolled asthma should be considered another or coexisting diagnosis.
Górska
Lucyna
L
Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Allergology, Poland. klinika.alergologii@amg.gda.pl
Kuziemski
Krzysztof
K
Wajda
Beata
B
Damps-Konstańska
Iwona
I
Tokarska
Beata
B
Jassem
Ewa
E
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019568:Lung, Hyperlucent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed