Unilateral hyperlucent lung (Swyer-James syndrome) after severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

An 11-year-old girl contracted pneumonia with consolidation of the left lower lobe, infiltrates in the lingula and left upper lobe, and a large left pleural effusion, accompanied by a Mycoplasma complement-fixation titer increasing to 1:16,384. Serial chest radiographs demonstrated resolution of the...

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Published inThe American review of respiratory disease Vol. 117; no. 1; p. 145
Main Authors Stokes, D, Sigler, A, Khouri, N F, Talamo, R C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1978
Subjects
Acute Disease
Child
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Lung - physiopathology
Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases - etiology
Lung Diseases - physiopathology
Mycoplasma Infections - complications
Mycoplasma Infections - diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia - complications
Pneumonia - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Syndrome
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Summary:An 11-year-old girl contracted pneumonia with consolidation of the left lower lobe, infiltrates in the lingula and left upper lobe, and a large left pleural effusion, accompanied by a Mycoplasma complement-fixation titer increasing to 1:16,384. Serial chest radiographs demonstrated resolution of the pneumonia and effusion, followed by development of a hyperlucent left lower lobe. This diagnosis was supported by abnormalities discovered by chest cinefluoroscopic examination and lung scans of ventilation and perfusion. Unilateral hyperlucent lung should be considered as a possible sequel to severe Mycoplasma pulmonary infection.
ISSN:0003-0805