Swyer James Macleods Syndrome of the Right Lung in an Adult Female

Abstract

Twenty- four year young female presented with a 6-year history of recurrent chest infections with exertional dyspnea. Radiological imaging revealed hyertransluscency of the right lung with reduced lung volume and reduced prominence of the right pulmonary vasculature. CT of the chest revealed air trapping and hypertranslucency of the right lung with reduced volume and a less prominnet right pulmonary artery and its branches. CT angiography confirmed a hypoplastic right pulomonary artery and its branching, features consistent with Sweyer James Macleod's syndrome. CT angiography could be the preffered modality for non invasive diagonosis of Macleod's syndrome. (J Med Sci 2009;12(1):14-17)