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Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report

Isolated unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare anomaly with congenital absence of the left or right pulmonary artery in the absence of other cardiac malformation, and diagnosis is usually made during adolescence. We report a 4-year old male child with isolated absence of the right pul...

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Autores principales: Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber, Asfaw, Yemisrach Mekonnen, Tekleab, Atnafu Mekonnen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30464650
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S181571
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Sumario:Isolated unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare anomaly with congenital absence of the left or right pulmonary artery in the absence of other cardiac malformation, and diagnosis is usually made during adolescence. We report a 4-year old male child with isolated absence of the right pulmonary artery, who presented with recurrent chest infection and wheezing since infancy.