Swyer-James syndrome
"unilateral hyperlucent lung", Macleod syndrome
- may be bilateral
- hyperlucency + air-trapping
- decreased pulmonary arteries
- paucity of bronchial subdivisions
+/- proximal bronchiectasis
- h/o early + recurrent lower respiratory tract infections
- possibly 2' to obliterative bronchitis/bronchiolitis (adenovirus?)
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2002-04-18