Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case

Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, the etiology of which is not clearly known. Other systemic comorbidities such as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and urogenital system anomalies can be observed in more than half of the patients. It is usually diagnosed during child...

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Autores principales: Yetim, Tülin Durgun, Bayaroğullari, Hanifi, Yalçin, Hülya Polat, Arιca, Vefik, Arιca, Seçil Gunher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22059149
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.85175
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author Yetim, Tülin Durgun
Bayaroğullari, Hanifi
Yalçin, Hülya Polat
Arιca, Vefik
Arιca, Seçil Gunher
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description Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, the etiology of which is not clearly known. Other systemic comorbidities such as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and urogenital system anomalies can be observed in more than half of the patients. It is usually diagnosed during childhood. Diagnosis in adulthood is very rare. We present a case of pulmonary agenesis diagnosed in an adult.
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spelling pubmed-32055212011-11-06 Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case Yetim, Tülin Durgun Bayaroğullari, Hanifi Yalçin, Hülya Polat Arιca, Vefik Arιca, Seçil Gunher J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, the etiology of which is not clearly known. Other systemic comorbidities such as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and urogenital system anomalies can be observed in more than half of the patients. It is usually diagnosed during childhood. Diagnosis in adulthood is very rare. We present a case of pulmonary agenesis diagnosed in an adult. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3205521/ /pubmed/22059149 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.85175 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Yetim TD. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case
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title_fullStr Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case
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title_short Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case
title_sort congenital agenesis of the left lung: a rare case
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205521/
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