A Case Report of Bullous Emphysema in an Adolescent: Congenital Malformation or Outcome of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?

Autor: Svitlana Ilchenko, Oleksii Makoveychuk, Anastasiia Fialkovska
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs. 2:2-6
ISSN: 2766-9696
Popis: Pulmonary emphysema belongs to the group of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and inpediatric pulmonology is one of the complex diagnoses that require a careful differential diagnosis. Thearticle describes the possible causes of the formation and clinical manifestations of pulmonaryemphysema in children. We present a clinical case of bullous emphysema in a teenager. This case showsthat a detailed examination using such a modern diagnostic method as high-resolution computedtomography played a crucial role in establishing the patient's correct diagnosis. However, establishing thenature of this pathological process in the child was very difficult. Perhaps an earlier diagnosis couldprevent severe irreversible changes in a teenager's lungs would avoid developing the diffusebronchopulmonary process.
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