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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
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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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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.
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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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