Swyer-James-McLeod's syndrome and pneumothorax on same side: delay in chest drain removal despite full expansion.
Swyer-James-McLeod's syndrome (SJMS) occurs as a result of childhood recurrent respiratory infections. As this condition presents with few symptoms, if any, it may pass unnoticed until adulthood. The authors are presenting a case of a 17-year-old male admitted with spontaneous pneumothorax. Even though his lung expanded, his chest x-rays still mimicked a pneumothorax. Chest CT pulmonary angiogram was needed to confirm the diagnosis of unilateral SJMS. Diagnostic difficulty arose because both conditions were on the same side.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, UK. drgondal@gmail.com
Nadeem
N
Anwar
Rajesh
R
Yadavilli
Kamal
K
Ibrahim
D000293:Adolescent; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D019568:Lung, Hyperlucent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors