Right pneumonectomy syndrome: report of two cases

Surg Today. 1995;25(3):278-80. doi: 10.1007/BF00311543.

Abstract

We report herein the cases of two infants who developed right pneumonectomy syndrome, both of whom were born with gross C-type esophageal atresia (EA/TEF), and a hypoplastic right lung arising from the lower esophagus, being a bronchopulmonary foregut malformation (BPFM). Appropriate and well-timed treatments for a variety of sequelae primarily caused by the mediastinal shift must be considered after right pneumonectomy in early childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi / abnormalities*
  • Esophageal Atresia / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / abnormalities*
  • Male
  • Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*