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Congenital lobar emphysema: Challenges in diagnosis and ventilation
Manjunath Prabhu1, Tim Thomas Joseph1
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:
Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare congenital anomaly of lung causing over aeration of one or more lobes of a histologically normal lung. It presents in infancy with respiratory distress due to compression atelectasis and often associated with mediastinal shift and hypotension. CLE poses a challenge in diagnosis and positive pressure ventilation due to air trapping. We report a case of 8-week-old infant with CLE posted for right lobectomy. Strategies to prevent misdiagnosis, over aeration and use of IPPV have been reviewed.
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