Horseshoe lung in a young child at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa

Horseshoe lung is a very rare congenital malformation in which the bases of the right and left lung are fused to each other by a narrow isthmus. Although rare, a hyperlucent area in the lower left lung, close to the vertebral column, may represent a horseshoe lung. Horseshoe lung is often associated...

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Autores principales: Mfingwana, L, Goussard, P, Andronikou, S, Morrison, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35359695
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.138
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author Mfingwana, L
Goussard, P
Andronikou, S
Morrison, J
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description Horseshoe lung is a very rare congenital malformation in which the bases of the right and left lung are fused to each other by a narrow isthmus. Although rare, a hyperlucent area in the lower left lung, close to the vertebral column, may represent a horseshoe lung. Horseshoe lung is often associated with scimitar syndrome. Here, we present a case of a 2-year-old girl who presented with recurrent chest infections and wheezing associated with horseshoe lung. The right lung appeared to be hypoplastic.
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spelling pubmed-89484812022-03-30 Horseshoe lung in a young child at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa Mfingwana, L Goussard, P Andronikou, S Morrison, J Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report Horseshoe lung is a very rare congenital malformation in which the bases of the right and left lung are fused to each other by a narrow isthmus. Although rare, a hyperlucent area in the lower left lung, close to the vertebral column, may represent a horseshoe lung. Horseshoe lung is often associated with scimitar syndrome. Here, we present a case of a 2-year-old girl who presented with recurrent chest infections and wheezing associated with horseshoe lung. The right lung appeared to be hypoplastic. South African Medical Association 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8948481/ /pubmed/35359695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.138 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Horseshoe lung in a young child at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35359695
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.138
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