Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Congenital Lobar Emphysema -Report of A Case-

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  • Hong, Jang-Soo (Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Ju-Cheol (Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hwan (Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 홍장수 (서울대학교 외과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박주철 (서울대학교 외과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김종환 (서울대학교 외과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 1977.06.01
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Abstract

Congenital lobar emphysema is one of the many causes of the respiratory distress syndrome in infant and an unusual condition barely mentioned before 1949, and only 166 cases were reported till 1967 in English literature This report describes a one-month-old boy who had a congenital middle lobar emphysema. The middle lobectomy was the operation for this case with complete cure.

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