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Echocardiographic findings in one case of Swyer-James syndrome
1Servizio di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile, San Donà di Piave, Venice, Italy.
Clinical Cardiology
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
The Swyer-James syndrome is an uncommon disease. The main finding is a hyperlucent lung with small hilar shadows on chest x-ray. This is due to a decrease in pulmonary artery size at its origin and in the number and size of pulmonary branches. Pulmonary angiography is the standard method for diagnosis. We report a case of a unilateral hyperlucent lung in which the diagnosis was suggested by an echocardiographic evaluation.