All issues > Volume 31(4); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(4):526-531. Published online April 30, 1988.

A Case of Idiopathic Unilateral Hyperlucent Lung Associated with Low Serum IgA.

D H Chee¹, W S Shim¹, M I Lee¹, D H Ahn¹, K C Sohn¹, J H Yoon²

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Radiology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Received: September 11, 1987;  Accepted: November 18, 1987.

Abstract

Swyer-James syndrome is a radiological entity that consists primarily of an abnormal radiolucency of one lung or lobe due to obliterative bronchiolitis with air entrapment. We report a case of idiopathic unilateral hyperlucent lung which was confirmed by chest roentgenography, bronchogra- phy and pulmonary arteriography in a patient whose serum IgA was significantly lowered.

Keywords :Idiopathic Unilateral Hyperlucent Lung, Swyer-James Syndomre