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Macleod's syndrome (medicine)


Macleod's syndrome -->
unilateral lobar emphysema


A state in which the roentgenographic density of one lung (or one lobe) is markedly less than the density of the other(s) because of the presence of air trapped during expiration.

Synonym: Macleod's syndrome, Swyer-James syndrome.