Congenital Lobar Emphysema–A case Series for 2 Years Mahmood Ibrahim Shuker1, Shihab Fawzi Salih2, Mohammed Ahmad Mahmood1 1Tikrit Teaching Hospital, Tikrit City 2Tikrit College of Medicine, Tikrit University Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Background Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), a rare variety of congenital malformation of lung characterized by over distension of a lobe of a lung due to partial obstruction of the bronchus, can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the treating pediatrician. Aim To study the way of presentation, diagnosis, management and prognosis of CLE and comparing our results with other studies done in other centers. Method A case series of ten patients with CLE. All of our patients were managed in the department of pediatric surgery center at AL-KHANSAA hospital in Mosul city between January 2016 to January 2018. Results We have found that the right upper lobe is more affected than the left upper lobe and more than one lobe can be affected. The surgical treatment lobectomy of the affected lobe. The mortality rate was high in patients having congenital heart diseases and those with late presentation and complication. Ten patients, five male and five females, their ages ranged from 7 days to 6 months. Conclusion CLE is a rare congenital anomaly, most of our patients are infant less than 6 months old and most of them presented with respiratory distress, recurrent chest infection and some of them presented with pneumothorax. Top Keywords Congenital lobar emphysema, respiratory distress, lobectomy, pneumothorax. Top |