Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood

Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare developmental abnormality of the lower respiratory tract. This disease is caused by cartilage or connective tissue defects, leading to overdistention of a pulmonary lobe. CLE is mainly diagnosed in early childhood, though it might be rarely found in young a...

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Autores principales: Dâmaso, Sara, Carreira, Nuno R, Gonçalves, Catarina, Aguiar, Patrício
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7870117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575151
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12590
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author Dâmaso, Sara
Carreira, Nuno R
Gonçalves, Catarina
Aguiar, Patrício
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description Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare developmental abnormality of the lower respiratory tract. This disease is caused by cartilage or connective tissue defects, leading to overdistention of a pulmonary lobe. CLE is mainly diagnosed in early childhood, though it might be rarely found in young adults. Due to its rarity, it can be misdiagnosed with other conditions. Here we report a case of a previously healthy young female complaining of dyspnea and thoracic pain after a commercial flight. Physical and radiological examinations were consistent with the diagnosis of CLE.
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spelling pubmed-78701172021-02-10 Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood Dâmaso, Sara Carreira, Nuno R Gonçalves, Catarina Aguiar, Patrício Cureus Emergency Medicine Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare developmental abnormality of the lower respiratory tract. This disease is caused by cartilage or connective tissue defects, leading to overdistention of a pulmonary lobe. CLE is mainly diagnosed in early childhood, though it might be rarely found in young adults. Due to its rarity, it can be misdiagnosed with other conditions. Here we report a case of a previously healthy young female complaining of dyspnea and thoracic pain after a commercial flight. Physical and radiological examinations were consistent with the diagnosis of CLE. Cureus 2021-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7870117/ /pubmed/33575151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12590 Text en Copyright © 2021, Dâmaso et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dâmaso, Sara
Carreira, Nuno R
Gonçalves, Catarina
Aguiar, Patrício
Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood
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title_full Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood
title_fullStr Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood
title_short Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Early Adulthood
title_sort congenital lobar emphysema in early adulthood
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7870117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575151
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12590
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