title: Lobar emphysema with pneumothorax in an adult: report of a case.
abstract: A 31-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital for treatment of a right pneumothorax. She had presented initially with moderate dyspnea and coughing at a local clinic, where a chest radiograph showed a collapsed right lung. Chest computed tomography showed overinflation of the middle lobe and a large bulla. We diagnosed congenital lobar emphysema of the middle lobe with pneumothorax and performed middle lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery via four ports (5-12 mm in size). The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and was discharged from hospital 5 days after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchikamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. mura@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Motohiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuichi
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishii
authors.forename: Shinichirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishimoto
authors.forename: Motomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome