• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.27 no.11
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• pp.970-972
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• 1994

The Swyer-James syndrome is one of the very few condition that the density of one lung is markedly less than the density of the other and frequently presents a diagnostic problem. In 1989, we reported a case of Swyer-James Syndrome. Recently, we experienced a new case of this syndrome. Left upper lobectomy was performed and postoperative pneumonia was developed, but the patient was recovered.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.784-788
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• 2003

Swyer-James syndrome is a rare disease with patients presenting with unilateral hyperlucent lungs and hypoperfusion due to hypoplasia of the pulmonary artery and bronchiolitis obliterans. A unilateral hyperlucent lung generally develops after a lower respiratory tract infection during early childhood. In extremely rare cases, an association of bronchogenic carcinoma with Swyer-James syndrome has been reported. We report a case of bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma associated with Swyer-James syndrome that performed right upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection with a relevant literature review.