A persistent pneumothorax? 5-year follow-up after diagnosis of Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome

Breathe (Sheff). 2016 Jun;12(2):e55-E58. doi: 10.1183/20734735.000316.

¹ Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, Dept of Internal Medicine V, Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, Munich, Germany; Dept of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology Centre, Munich Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
³ Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, Munich, Germany; Pathological Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, Munich, Germany; Department of Radiology, Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

Abstract

Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome should be considered in healthy patients with unilateral pulmonary hyperlucency http://ow.ly/YWps9.