Left Upper Lobectomy for Congenital Lobar Emphysema in a Low Weight Infant.

Meletios A KanakisKonstantinos PetsiosDimitrios BobosKosmas SarafidisStefanos NikopoulosKonstantinos KyriakoulisAchilleas LiouliasNicholas Giannopoulos

Published in: Case reports in surgery (2016)

Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare lung congenital malformation. Differential diagnosis of the disease remains challenging in an infant with acute respiratory distress. We report a case of a 3-week-old female infant with a weight of 2.1 kg who presented respiratory distress related to CLE. Left upper lobectomy was performed and she had an uneventful recovery.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
body mass index
weight loss
physical activity
lung function
weight gain
liver failure
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
pulmonary fibrosis
drug induced
clinical trial
thoracic surgery
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation