Compressif Giant Segmental Congenital Emphysema: Diagnosis and Traitment

The giant congenital lobar emphysema is a rare malformation infant pathology. The authors rep- ort a similar case which is distinguished by its segmental location even rare with its compressive character in which segmentectomy was successful performed to lift emergency distress in a de- veloping country. 1. Summary Bronchopulmonary malformations (BPM) are resulting from development accidents of bronchopulmonary sys- tem. These are rare and polymorphic diseases including giant lobar emphysema congenital (GLE) are 3% to 15% (1) (2). Giant segmental congenital emphysema is even rare variant topography of the GLE, also progress- ing to respiratory distress. We report a case of delayed diagnosis of giant segmental congenital emphysema (GSE) to a compression stage with headquarters segmental which was intraoperative discovery. The treatment was performed in an emergency decompression by resection of the culmen in a developing country. * Corresponding author.