Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity

A 55 year old male presented with a complaint of dyspnea and non productive cough. He was found to have right paratracheal opacity on Chest X ray. Chest CT scan revealed right sided azygos lobe. An azygos lobe is a rare congenital variant of the right lung, usually diagnosed as an incidental finding...

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Autores principales: Akhtar, Jamal, Lal, Amos, Martin, Kevin B., Popkin, Joel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.001
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description A 55 year old male presented with a complaint of dyspnea and non productive cough. He was found to have right paratracheal opacity on Chest X ray. Chest CT scan revealed right sided azygos lobe. An azygos lobe is a rare congenital variant of the right lung, usually diagnosed as an incidental finding.
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spelling pubmed-59259482018-05-01 Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity Akhtar, Jamal Lal, Amos Martin, Kevin B. Popkin, Joel Respir Med Case Rep Case Report A 55 year old male presented with a complaint of dyspnea and non productive cough. He was found to have right paratracheal opacity on Chest X ray. Chest CT scan revealed right sided azygos lobe. An azygos lobe is a rare congenital variant of the right lung, usually diagnosed as an incidental finding. Elsevier 2018-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5925948/ /pubmed/29719800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.001 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
title_full Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
title_fullStr Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
title_full_unstemmed Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
title_short Azygos lobe: A rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
title_sort azygos lobe: a rare cause of right paratracheal opacity
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.001
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