Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome with ipsilateral herniation of hyperinflated hyperlucent lung.
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is characterised by unilateral hyperlucency on chest radiograph with small or normal-sized lung on the affected side and compensatory hyperinflation of opposite lung. Hyperinflation of the affected lung is a very rarely reported entity. An adult female patient, who presented with exertional breathlessness and diagnosed to have hypoplastic left pulmonary artery with hyperlucent, hyperinflated and herniated left lung is described.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. rajivkgmc@gmail.com
Rajiv
R
Garg
Pallavi
P
Aga
S
S
Saheer
P
P
Jabeed
Abhijeet
A
Singh
Ghulam
G
Hassan
Rajendra
R
Prasad
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019568:Lung, Hyperlucent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult