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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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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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author | Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber Asfaw, Yemisrach Mekonnen Tekleab, Atnafu Mekonnen |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-62143402018-11-21 Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber Asfaw, Yemisrach Mekonnen Tekleab, Atnafu Mekonnen Int Med Case Rep J 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 pulmonary artery, who presented with recurrent chest infection and wheezing since infancy. Dove Medical Press 2018-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6214340/ /pubmed/30464650 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S181571 Text en © 2018 Weldetsadik et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber Asfaw, Yemisrach Mekonnen Tekleab, Atnafu Mekonnen Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title | Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title_full | Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title_fullStr | Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title_short | Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
title_sort | isolated absence of right pulmonary artery in a 4-year old child: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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