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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9364
Congenital emphysema as a rare etiology of scoliosis
Bayram Metin1, Olgun Kadir Arıbaş2, Emre Özkan3, Burhan Apiliğulları4
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Chest Diseases, Private Amasya Hospital, Amasya, Turkey
4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9364
Congenital emphysema is characterized by the
hyperinflation of related lung field, compression of
emphysematous lung space to the adjacent normal lung
tissue, and mediastinal shift in neonatals. Scoliosis is a
condition in which vertebrae are curved laterally. Although
there are many factors causing scoliosis, to our knowledge,
scoliosis developing secondary to emphysema was not
reported in the literature. In this article, we present a
scoliosis case which we believe developed due to congenital
pulmonary emphysema.
Keywords : Congenital emphysema; pneumonectomy; scoliosis
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