Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases  1996;43(6):1042-1047

doi:10.4046/trd.1996.43.6.1042

A case of pulmonary disease with unilateral hyperlucent lung.

Joon Sang OHN 1 ; Jee Young SEO ; Mi Ran PARK ; Nam Soo RHEU ; Dong ill CHO

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Keywords

Swyer-James Syndrome; Unilateral Hyperlucent Lung

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

The Swyer-James syndrome is a relatively uncommon disease entity presented with unilateral hyperlucent lung due to hypoplasia of a pulmonary artery and bronchiectasis of the affected lung. The main finding is a hyperlucent lung with small hilar shadows on the chest X-ray. Pulmonary angiography is the standard method for diagnosis. We report a case of the Swyer-James syndrome with a brief review of literature.