Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis
Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | |
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Sex | Male | Male | Female | Female | Male |
Gestational age, wk | 38 | 37 | 41 | 35 | 36 |
Pre-/neonatal complications | Pneumothorax | Severe chylothorax | Total anomalous pulmonary venous return/vein stenosis | VACTERL/double outlet right ventricle | Preeclampsia, pulmonary hypertension |
O2 or mechanical ventilation at birth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Age at lung biopsy | 5 d | 4 wk | 7 wk | 4 wk | 3 d |
Status at lung biopsy | Mechanical ventilation | Mechanical ventilation | Mechanical ventilation (ECMO postoperative) | Mechanical ventilation | Mechanical ventilation (ECMO postoperative) |
Additional indication for surgery | n/a; only unknown lung disease | Thoracic duct ligation | Cardiac surgery | Cardiac surgery | n/a; only unknown lung disease |
Other histologic findings | Deficient growth | Deficient growth | Pulmonary hypertension,* lymphangiectasia | Deficient growth, pulmonary hypertension | Deficient growth, pulmonary hypertension |
Outcome | 9 mo; tachypnea, cough | 5.5 yr; asymptomatic | Died 9 wk; pulmonary hypertension | 4 yr; intermittent asthma | 4 mo; asymptomatic |
Definition of abbreviations: ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; n/a = not applicable; VACTERL = vetebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac malformations, tracheoesophageal fistula and/or esophageal atresia, renal dysplasia, limb anomalies.
Pulmonary hypertensive histologic findings were defined by presence of medial hypertrophy of pulmonary arteries ± intimal hyperplasia.