An incidental image of a patient with chest pain after fall from a tree: Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome?

Unilateral hyperlucent lung was firstly described by Swyer and James 1950s. After that, some patients with same disease were detected by Macleod . Then this syndrome was named as Swyer- James-Macleod syndrome (SJMS), and this syndrome includes a smaller or normal sized unilateral hyperlucent lung. T...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2018-05, Vol.36 (5), p.909.e5-909.e6
Main Authors: Yolcu, Sadiye, Albayrak, Levent, Caltekin, Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chest
Computed tomography
Emergency department
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Hemothorax
Hyperlucent lung
Lungs
Pain
Patients
Pneumothorax
Swyer- James-Macleod syndrome
Thoracic surgery
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Summary:Unilateral hyperlucent lung was firstly described by Swyer and James 1950s. After that, some patients with same disease were detected by Macleod . Then this syndrome was named as Swyer- James-Macleod syndrome (SJMS), and this syndrome includes a smaller or normal sized unilateral hyperlucent lung. The diagnosis of SJMS includes a detailed evaluation and the exclusion of other reasons of unilateral hypertranslucency. In literature, small groups of patients with this syndrome have been described. This paper reports a 45-year-old male presented to our emergency department with chest pain after fall from height 24 h ago. In his computed tomography no rib fracture, pneumothorax and hemothorax. But an abnormal image (5.5 cm hyperlucent area) was seen in his left lung. This report aims to present one of incidentally diagnosed rare case of SJMS.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.02.008