title: Postpneumonectomy-like syndrome in an infant with right lung agenesis and left main bronchus hypoplasia.
abstract: We report a 1-year-old child born with agenesis of the right lung who sustained an episode of acute respiratory failure related to a postpneumonectomy-like syndrome, with severe mediastinal shift and subsequent stretching and stenosis of the left main bronchus. The insertion of an expandable prosthesis in the right empty pleural space markedly improved the patient's clinical condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Major City Hospital, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furia
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biban
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soffiati
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calabrò
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery