Volume 26, Issue 121, March 2022

Swyer James Macleod Syndrome -A rare cause of hemoptysis in 31 year old man

Mohanakrishnan Jayamani¹, Yasar Arafat M^2♦, Aravind Raj AS², Koushik L²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India
²Post graduate, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India

^♦Corresponding author
Yasar Arafat M, Post graduate, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India

ABSTRACT

Swyer James Macleod syndrome (SJMS) is a seldom reported manifestation of post infectious obliterative bronchiolitis in childhood. This cause obliteration of peripheral airways and vascularity of the infected lung and impede lung development. We report SJMS in 31 year old male who presented with complaints of exertional dyspnea, productive cough and hemoptysis and history of recurrent childhood respiratory infections. He had hypoplasia of right lung and right pulmonary vasculature with bronchiectasis as per CT pulmonary angiography while ventilation perfusion scan showed matched V/Q defect diagnosed as SJMS.

Keywords: Pulmonary artery hypoplasia, Swyer James Macleod syndrome, matched V/Q defect.

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms75e1969

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i121/ms75e1969

Published: 23 February 2022