Congenital lobar emphysema

Case contributed by Maxime St-Amant
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Newborn with respiratory distress.

Patient Data

Age: Neonate
Gender: Male

Chest

x-ray

Radiolucent expanded right lung in a newborn, compatible with congenital lobar emphysema (RML & RUL). Medistinal shift to the left.

Chest

ct

CT-scan confirms hyperinflation and herniation of the right lung into the left hemithorax.  Medistinum is shifted to the left.

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