OBJECTIVE To review the cases of patients with congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) submitted to surgical treatment at two university hospitals over a 30-year period. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of children with CLE undergoing surgical treatment between 1979 and 2009 at the Botucatu School of Medicine Hospital das Clínicas or the Mogi das Cruzes University Hospital. We analyzed data r...

From the Department of Pediatrics E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Received: April 23, 2012 Accepted: October 1, 2012 Address reprint request and correspondence to: Yu-Tsun Su, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, E-Da Hospital, No. 1, Yida Road, Jiaosu Village, Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City 82445, Taiwan. Tel: +886-7-6150011 ext. 251072, Fax: +8...

Congenital obstructive emphysema is an uncommon paediatric condition affecting usually a single lobe, occasionally multiple lobes bilaterally, and only rarely a whole lung. This case report describes a neonate with congenital obstructive emphysema of the left lung and an associated lymphatic cyst compressing the left main bronchus, who presented two hours after birth with severe respiratory dis...

TYPE: Case Report TOPIC: Pulmonary Vascular Disease INTRODUCTION: Swyer-James Mcleod syndrome (SJS) is a rare disease resulting from post-infectious bronchiolitis at young age. Fibrosis of bronchioles and pulmonary vessels hinder growth the lung, causing alveolar hyperinflation hypoperfusion. It can remain undiagnosed for decades. CASE PRESENTATION: A 53-year-old lady with bronchial asthma pres...

Although lung volume reduction surgery improves survival in selected patients with emphysema, there has been ongoing interest in developing and evaluating bronchoscopic approaches to try to reduce lung volumes with less morbidity and mortality. The placement of endobronchial valves is one such technique, and although some patients have had a significant improvement, responses have been inconsis...

Endobronchial valve therapy in patients with severe emphysema achieves similar clinical benefits to lung volume reduction surgery without the potential morbidity. We report successful endobronchial valve treatments in two patients with severe emphysema. Valves were placed in the first patient 5 months before lung transplantation and in the second patient 10 years after lung transplantation, usi...

INTRODUCTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Emphysema is a component of COPD characterised by hyperinflation resulting in reduced gas exchange and interference with breathing mechanics. Endoscopic lung volume reduction using one-way valves to induce atelectasis of the hyperinflated lobe has been developed and studied in clinic...

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between lobar severity of emphysema and lung cancer using automated lobe segmentation and emphysema quantification methods.This study included 78 patients (74 males and 4 females; mean age of 72 years) with the following conditions: pathologically proven lung cancer, available chest computed tomographic (CT) scans for lobe segmentation, an...