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. 2016 Mar 15;193(6):694–696. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201509-1809LE

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients with Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis

  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5
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.

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Pulmonary hypertensive histologic findings were defined by presence of medial hypertrophy of pulmonary arteries ± intimal hyperplasia.