SPONTANEOUS UNILATERAL PULMONARY INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA IN A FULL-TERM NEONATE AS A REASON OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS – DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS, SURGICAL TREATMENT
Journal Title: Przegląd Pediatryczny - Year 2009, Vol 39, Issue 1
Abstract
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE) is a well-documented complication of assisted mechanical ventilation in premature infants with severe lung disease. It is rarely reported in spontaneously breathing full-term infants. We describe a case of spontaneous unilateral pulmonary interstitial emphysema in an non-ventilated full-term neonate. Clinically and radiographically, we were unable to make a definitive diagnosis of the cystic pulmonary lesions. In this situation we performed a left-sided thoracotmy. The operation consisted of linear pleurotomies to lyse blebs. Our case was managed successfully by thoracotomy and pleurotomy.
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Anna Just, Marcin Łosin, Jarosław Wojtiuk
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