Acquired unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia thought to result from childhood viral infection
Results in small, hyperexpanded lung with relative decreased vascularity & (rarely) bronchiectasis
Imaging findings may appear as early as 9 months after initial infectious insult
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General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
Selected References
Wasilewska E et al: Unilateral hyperlucent lung in children. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 198(5):W400-14, 2012
Dillman JR et al: Expanding upon the Unilateral Hyperlucent Hemithorax in Children. Radiographics. 31(3):723-41, 2011
Sulaiman A et al: Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome; repeated chest drainages in a patient misdiagnosed with pneumothorax. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 8(4):482-4, 2009
Pipavath SJ et al: Radiologic and pathologic features of bronchiolitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 185(2):354-63, 2005
Fregonese L et al: Clinical, physiologic, and roentgenographic changes after pneumonectomy in a boy with Macleod/Swyer-James syndrome and bronchiectasis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 34(5):412-6, 2002
Mauad T et al: Histology of childhood bronchiolitis obliterans. Pediatr Pulmonol. 33(6):466-74, 2002
Zhang L et al: [Bronchiolitis obliterans in children.] J Pediatr (Rio J). 76(3):185-92, 2000
Schlesinger C et al: Constrictive (obliterative) bronchiolitis: diagnosis, etiology, and a critical review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2(5):321-34, 1998
Moore AD et al: Swyer-James syndrome: CT findings in eight patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 158(6):1211-5, 1992
Marti-Bonmati L et al: CT findings in Swyer-James syndrome. Radiology. 172(2):477-80, 1989
Acquired unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia thought to result from childhood viral infection
Results in small, hyperexpanded lung with relative decreased vascularity & (rarely) bronchiectasis
Imaging findings may appear as early as 9 months after initial infectious insult
IMAGING
General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
Selected References
Wasilewska E et al: Unilateral hyperlucent lung in children. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 198(5):W400-14, 2012
Dillman JR et al: Expanding upon the Unilateral Hyperlucent Hemithorax in Children. Radiographics. 31(3):723-41, 2011
Sulaiman A et al: Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome; repeated chest drainages in a patient misdiagnosed with pneumothorax. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 8(4):482-4, 2009
Pipavath SJ et al: Radiologic and pathologic features of bronchiolitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 185(2):354-63, 2005
Fregonese L et al: Clinical, physiologic, and roentgenographic changes after pneumonectomy in a boy with Macleod/Swyer-James syndrome and bronchiectasis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 34(5):412-6, 2002
Mauad T et al: Histology of childhood bronchiolitis obliterans. Pediatr Pulmonol. 33(6):466-74, 2002
Zhang L et al: [Bronchiolitis obliterans in children.] J Pediatr (Rio J). 76(3):185-92, 2000
Schlesinger C et al: Constrictive (obliterative) bronchiolitis: diagnosis, etiology, and a critical review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2(5):321-34, 1998
Moore AD et al: Swyer-James syndrome: CT findings in eight patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 158(6):1211-5, 1992
Marti-Bonmati L et al: CT findings in Swyer-James syndrome. Radiology. 172(2):477-80, 1989
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