RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Adult congenital lobar emphysema in pregnancy. JF Thorax JO Thorax FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society SP 909 OP 910 DO 10.1136/thx.50.8.909 VO 50 IS 8 A1 P S Critchley A1 C P Forrester-Wood A1 P D Ridley YR 1995 UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/50/8/909.abstract AB A young woman presented with left sided chest pain. Chest radiography revealed a hyperexpanded left upper lobe and the rare diagnosis of congenital lobar emphysema was made. She was then found to be pregnant. Thoracotomy and left upper lobectomy were performed during the pregnancy without adverse effects to the mother or fetus. The implications of pregnancy on the surgical management of this rare condition are discussed.