Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome with unilateral pulmonary fibrosis: a case report | Zendy

Omar Abdulla | Zendy; J. R. Cain | Zendy; J. Howells | Zendy

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Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome with unilateral pulmonary fibrosis: a case report

Author(s) -

Omar Abdulla,

J. R. Cain,

J. Howells

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

bjr|case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2055-7159

DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20160105

Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , pulmonary fibrosis , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , bronchiolitis , lung , fibrosis , bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia , pathology , lung transplantation , respiratory system

Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is a rare, complex disease characterized by the radiological finding of unilateral hyperlucent lung due to pulmonary oligaemia and alveolar hyperdistention as a consequence of previous obliterative bronchiolitis (bronchiolitis obliterans). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause characterized by bilateral, chronic, progressive and irreversible fibrosis limited to the lungs. We report an interesting case of Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome affecting one lung and Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis affecting the contralateral lung.

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