Management of congenital lobar overinflation in an adult
Congenital lobar overinflation is characterized by disruption of bronchopulmonary development which produces lobar or segmental bronchial abnormalities and overinflation of normal lung tissue. This is a 44-year old man, never smoker, who presents dyspnea every time he arrived in highlands, marked de...
- Autores:
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Fernández, Alexander
Martínez, Stella I.
Prada, Gonzalo
Martínez, Jaime
Méndez, Claudia
Acosta Huertas, Sandra Lilian
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad El Bosque
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio U. El Bosque
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/3666
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/3666
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-020-01444-w
https://repositorio.unbosque.edu.co
- Palabra clave:
- Emphysema
Overinflation
Lobar
Congenital
Adult
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Acceso abierto
| Summary: | Congenital lobar overinflation is characterized by disruption of bronchopulmonary development which produces lobar or segmental bronchial abnormalities and overinflation of normal lung tissue. This is a 44-year old man, never smoker, who presents dyspnea every time he arrived in highlands, marked decreased breathing sounds and hyperresonance in the left hemithorax. Imaging studies suggested left upper lobe overinflation. The affected area was resected resulting in symptoms improvement. Accepted treatment is resection, however conservative management has been proposed for asymptomatic patients because cases of spontaneous improvement have been described. We recommend close monitoring and resection if symptoms or overinflation progress. |
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