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Lung, Hyperlucent

Known as: Hyperlucent Thorax, Hyperlucent Lungs, Lung, Hyperlucent [Disease/Finding] 
A lung with reduced markings on its chest radiograph and increased areas of transradiancy (hyperlucency). A hyperlucent lung is usually associated… (More)
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1959-2016
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Swyer-James SyndromeUnilateral Hyperlucent Lung

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2011
2011
Collateral Ventilation to Congenital Hyperlucent Lung Lesions Assessed on Xenon-Enhanced Dynamic Dual-Energy CT: an Initial Experience
OBJECTIVE We wanted to evaluate the resistance to collateral ventilation in congenital hyperlucent lung lesions and to correlate… (More)
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2011
2011
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome with ipsilateral herniation of hyperinflated hyperlucent lung.
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is characterised by unilateral hyperlucency on chest radiograph with small or normal-sized lung on… (More)
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2001
2001
Utility of ventilation and perfusion scan in the diagnosis of young military recruits with an incidental finding of hyperlucent lung.
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome (SJMS) is considered to be a relatively uncommon disease presenting with unilateral hyperlucent lung… (More)
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1998
1998
Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans: clinical, radiological and pulmonary function sequelae
Background. There are few data on clinical, chest radiograph (CXR) or pulmonary function sequelae in children with post… (More)
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1994
1994
Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung
Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis can be a cause of respiratory distress of the newborn infant. We present a case of… (More)
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1994
1994
Scintigraphy, angiography and computed tomography in unilateral hyperlucent lung due to obliterative bronchiolitis.
This study examines the value of different imaging methods in assessing the anatomic structures of unilateral hyperlucent lung… (More)
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1988
1988
Presentation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as unilateral hyperlucent lung.
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) presented as unilateral hyperlucent lung in a 27-month-old patient with a brain tumor who… (More)
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1988
1988
[The functionally amputated lung. Studies on the unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome].
On the basis of comprehensive clinicopathological evidence 6 patients presenting with unilateral left-sided hyperlucent lungs are… (More)
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1980
1980
Unilateral hyperlucent lung: the case for investigation.
Seventeen children with unilateral hyperlucent lungs were referred for investigation. Of the 11 who had a referring diagnosis of… (More)
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1978
1978
Unilateral hyperlucent lung (Swyer-James syndrome) after severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
An 11-year-old girl contracted pneumonia with consolidation of the left lower lobe, infiltrates in the lingula and left upper… (More)
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