A quantitative study is here reported on the lungs of a child of 9 months with unilateral emphysema associated with hypoplasia, and with compensatory emphysema in the contralateral lung. The left lung was judged to show congenital hypoplasia because of the reduced number of bronchi and arteries, its small volume, and a total alveolar number less than that normally found at birth. This last was ...

Bronchogenic cysts are the most common cystic mediastinal lesion in children. Bronchogenic cyst causing unilateral obstructive emphysema is a rare presentation. We report the case of a one and half month old infant who presented with respiratory distress which was initially suspected as left pneumothorax on frontal chest radiograph but was later found to be due to hyperinflated left lung and he...

Objective: To discuss the clinical features of congenital cystic lung lesions (CCLL) in newborns. Method: From January 2008 to June 2014, 28 newborns treated at Department of Neonatology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center for CCLL, were retrospectively analyzed. The baseline information, clinical manifestations, imaging findings, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis were analyzed with...

A retrospective study was made of 9 patients with congenital lobar emphysema who presented over the past 13 years. The ages of the patients at diagnosis ranged from 2 weeks to 10 years. The earlier the presentation, the more severe were the symptoms. Two patients were misdiagnosed initially at the referring hospitals with near disastrous results. Pitfalls in diagnosis are outlined and the vario...

BODY: A 2-month old, 4.1-kg baby girl was scheduled for right thoracotomy and lobectomy for congenital lobar emphysema. On preoperative physical exam, she was noted to be awake and tachypneic but not cyanotic. Her vital signs showed a blood pressure of 88/50, pulse rate of 110, respiratory rate of 58 with an oxygen saturation of 95% on 1 liter per minute of oxygen via nasal cannula. There was a...