Pulmonary agenesis: A case report with review of literature

Congenital pulmonary agenesis is a rare condition which poses diagnostic difficulties. More than 50% of these patients die before the first five years of life. Few patients may remain asymptomatic throughout their life. We report a case of a two month old male infant with right pulmonary agenesis wh...

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Autores principales: Khurram, Mir Sumsam Ali, Rao, Sundari Pratap, Vamshipriya, Akkena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25003063
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2013.14
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author Khurram, Mir Sumsam Ali
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description Congenital pulmonary agenesis is a rare condition which poses diagnostic difficulties. More than 50% of these patients die before the first five years of life. Few patients may remain asymptomatic throughout their life. We report a case of a two month old male infant with right pulmonary agenesis who presented with severe respiratory distress in whom a diagnosis was made following computed tomography of the chest.
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spelling pubmed-40804952014-07-07 Pulmonary agenesis: A case report with review of literature Khurram, Mir Sumsam Ali Rao, Sundari Pratap Vamshipriya, Akkena Qatar Med J Research Paper Congenital pulmonary agenesis is a rare condition which poses diagnostic difficulties. More than 50% of these patients die before the first five years of life. Few patients may remain asymptomatic throughout their life. We report a case of a two month old male infant with right pulmonary agenesis who presented with severe respiratory distress in whom a diagnosis was made following computed tomography of the chest. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4080495/ /pubmed/25003063 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2013.14 Text en © 2013 Khurram, Rao, Vamshipriya, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080495/
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