Adult congenital lobar emphysema in pregnancy

A young woman presented with left sided chest pain. Chest radiography revealed a hyperexpanded left upper lobe and the rare diagnosis of congenital lobar emphysema was made. She was then found to be pregnant. Thoracotomy and left upper lobectomy were performed during the pregnancy without adverse ef...

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Published in:Thorax Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 909 - 910
Main Authors: Critchley, P S, Forrester-Wood, C P, Ridley, P D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.08.1995
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Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - surgery
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Pulmonary Emphysema - congenital
Pulmonary Emphysema - surgery
Thoracotomy
Human
Congenital
Respiratory disease
Sex
Pulmonary lobe
Maternal diseases
Case study
Pregnancy
Treatment
Exeresis
Surgery
Female
Emphysema
ISSN:0040-6376, 1468-3296
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Summary:A young woman presented with left sided chest pain. Chest radiography revealed a hyperexpanded left upper lobe and the rare diagnosis of congenital lobar emphysema was made. She was then found to be pregnant. Thoracotomy and left upper lobectomy were performed during the pregnancy without adverse effects to the mother or fetus. The implications of pregnancy on the surgical management of this rare condition are discussed.
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ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.50.8.909