1. Persistent localized intrapulmonary interstitial emphysema: an observation in three infants
- Author
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Magilner Ad, Werthemier I, Capitanio Ma, and Burko H
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn ,Respiratory distress ,business.industry ,Interstitial emphysema ,Hyaline Membrane Disease ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,SINGLE LOBE ,Infant, Premature, Diseases ,Surgery ,Radiography ,Pulmonary hyaline membrane disease ,Pulmonary Emphysema ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Complication ,business ,Pneumonectomy ,Lungs surgery - Abstract
Persistent intrapulmonary interstitial emphysema confined to a single lobe was observed in 3 premature male infants as a complication of pulmonary hyaline membrane disease. Following resolution of the clinical and roentgen findings of the respiratory distress syndrome, each infant again experienced respiratory distress as a result of enlarging cystic collections of intrapulmonary interstitial air. In each instance, a lobectomy was necessary to alleviate respiratory distress. Age at time of lobectomy was 7 months, 33 days, and 7 weeks, respectively.
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- 1974