Author/Authors :
Güray, Yeşim Yüksek İhtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Demirkan, Burcu Yüksek İhtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Güray, Ümit Yüksek İhtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Boyacı, Ayça Yüksek İhtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Swyer-James syndrome (SJS) is a result of post infectious obliterative bronchiolitis. In SJS, the involved lung or portion of the lung does not grow normally and is smaller than the opposite lung. A 66-year-old man with a history of treated pulmonary tuberculosis 43 years ago was hospitalized for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. He had decreased breath sounds in the left hemithorax on auscultation. Chest X-ray (Fig. 1) and computed tomography (Fig. 2) revealed the characteristic radiographic appearance of SJS including hyperlucency, reduced left lung volume, diminished vascularity, bronchiectasis and deviation of the heart into the left hemithorax.
