The experience of diagnosis andtreatment of congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) wassummarized in 5 children aged from 3 weeks old to10 months. Male patients was 3, female - 2. In fourobservations noted lesion of the upper lobe of the leftlung, and in one - the middle lobe of the right lung. CLEdiagnosed in all children after birth. The indicationfor surgery was a progressive increase of the affectedlobe. In all cases lobectomy was performed. Therewere no complications. The possibility of prenataldetection of EDF and differential diagnosis with othercongenital anomalies of the lungs was discussed.
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