[A case of Swyer-James syndrome with bilateral lesions]

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Mar;30(3):495-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 16-year-old female was admitted for the treatment of bronchial asthma. She had a history of measles pneumonia at four years of age. Her chest radiograph revealed right unilateral hyperlucency. She was diagnosed as having Swyer-James syndrome from the results of computed tomography, pulmonary angiography, bronchoscopy, and perfusion-ventilation scintigrams, which revealed unsuspected bilateral involvement, and irregularity of severity and distribution. In addition, she had a hypoplastic right upper bronchus, pulmonary hypertension, pneumothorax, and bronchial asthma. The findings of bilateral involvement, irregular distribution, and bronchial lesions strongly suggest that the etiology in this case was damage to the airways caused by measles infection in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnosis*
  • Radiography
  • Syndrome