Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53974#.VN2umCzQrzE Author(s) Mariana Vigiola Cruz 1 , Gregory D. Trachiotis 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, USA . 2 The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA . ABSTRACT Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is a rare disease that results in parenchymal damage believed to be caused by recurrent lung infections in childhood. We report a case of a previously healthy young woman that presented with insidious progression of exertional dyspnea with restrictive lung physiology. Axial imaging demonstrated a hyperinflated emphysematous right lung with lower lobe fibrosis, nodules and air-fluid filled cysts, with a small right pulmonary artery and contralateral shifting of the mediastinum. She underwent right pneumonectomy ultimately resultingin improvement of her symptoms, with surgic...
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