title: Pulmonary hypoplasia presenting with recurrent wheezing in an infant.
abstract: Pulmonary hypoplasia is characterized by decrease in the number and size of pulmonary airways, alveoli and vessels. In autopsy, pulmonary hypoplasia is a major cause of death in neonates and infants. The disease is usually diagnosed in childhood period. Although it mimics lung parenchymal disease and other vascular abnormalities radiologically, it is easily recognized with computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance angiography examinations. In 50% of patients, concomitant cardiovascular, neuromuscular, gastrointestinal tract, and urogenital anomalies are also available. There are two types of pulmonary hypoplasia: primary and secondary. Primary unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia may be asymptomatic and the tendency for bronchopulmonary infections is often increased in children. In this case report, a 22-month-old male patient characterized by recurrent infections and recurrent wheezes in infantile period, whose episodes of wheezing regressed after the pulmonectomy, was presented.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Halil
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Çeliksoy
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tander
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care, Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nazik
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aşılıoğlu
authors.affiliation: Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yakup Sancar
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Barış
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alişan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yıldıran
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: infant; pulmonary hypoplasia; recurrent infection; wheezing