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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:226-228
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Unilateral Giant Bullous Emphysema With Placental Transmogrification of the Lung

W. Stewart Horsley, MD, Anthony A. Gal, MD, Kamal A. Mansour, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph P. Whitehead Department of Surgery, and Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Accepted for publication February 13, 1997.

A case of severe unilateral bullous emphysema in an otherwise healthy young man is presented to highlight a rare histologic variant termed "placental transmogrification of the lung." The etiology is unknown, but operation has been curative in the small number of cases reported.




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