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Learning from errors
CASE REPORT
Persistent respiratory distress in a neonate: a diagnostic dilemma
  1. Amit Shukla,
  2. Aakash Pandita,
  3. Girish Gupta,
  4. Namita Mishra
  1. Department of Neonatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Aakash Pandita, aakash.pandita{at}gmail.com

Summary

We present a 17-day-old term, female baby who was referred to our centre for persistent respiratory distress. She was managed for pneumonia and pneumothorax at the primary care centre. On detailed clinical examination at admission, a possibility of congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) was considered. A CT chest was performed, and diagnosis of CLE was confirmed. The infant was managed with lobectomy. The respiratory distress settled within a few hours after the surgery, and the baby was discharged in stable condition.

  • neonatal intensive care
  • paediatric intensive care

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222290

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors AM, GG, AP and NM conceptualised the study. AM and AP wrote the manuscript and did the final corrections. All authors approved the final manuscript before submission.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.