PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tural-Kara, Tuğçe
AU  - Özdemir, Halil
AU  - Çiftçi, Ergin
AU  - İnce, Erdal
TI  - Congenital lobar emphysema
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2016.7.13407
DP  - 2016 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 796--798
VI  - 37
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/7/796.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/7/796.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2016 Jul 01; 37
AB  - Congenital lobar emphysema is a rare disease, which is characterized by pulmoner hyperinflation. Depending on the degree of bronchial obstruction, the clinical presentation may be variable. We report a rare case with congenital lobar emphysema in a 38-days-old male infant who presented with severe respiratory distress and hypertension. Air trapping in the left upper lung and significant mediastinal shift to the right were observed on the chest x-ray. Emphysematous changes were detected on the thorax computed tomography and considered as congenital lobar emphysema. The upper left lobectomy was successfully performed by pediatric surgeons. On postoperative follow up, no sign of respiratory distress occurred and the patient was normotensive. In this report, a case with congenital lobar emphysema, which is a rare cause of respiratory distress and hypertension is discussed.