Swyer–James syndrome (SJS, also called Swyer–James–Macleod`s syndrome) is a rare lung disorder found by English chest physician William Mathiseon Macleod, and (simultaneously) by physician Paul Robert Swyer and radiologist George James in the 1950s in Canada. At the same time J. Bret was exploring this illness in France, and consequently it....
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<radiology> Unilateral hyperlucent lung, Macleod syndrome, may be bilateral, hyperlucency and air-trapping, decreased pulmonary arteries, paucity of bronchial subdivisions with or without proximal bronchiectasis, history of early and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections, possibly secondary to obliterative bronchitis/bronchiolitis (ade...
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(swi´әr jāmz´) acquired unilateral emphysema with severe airway obstruction during exhalation, hypovolemia, and a small hilum.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: swī′ĕr jāmz Definitions: 1. hyperlucency of one lung from obliterating bronchiolitis, usually caused by adenovirus infection in childhood, with decreased size and vascularity of the lung; distinguished from other causes of unilateral hyperlucency by demonstration of air trapping without central obstruc...
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