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A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl
Pulmonary hypoplasia is a rare form of the congenital disorder that leads to lung underdevelopment. It is more common in children and infrequently noticed in adulthood. While congenital lung abnormalities are frequently discovered in the early years of life, these conditions are also often detected...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9753403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532915 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31529 |
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author | Rashed, Atef A Sendi, Esraa Alzahrani, Ghaida Bukhari, Sadeem Bukhari, Deemah H |
author_facet | Rashed, Atef A Sendi, Esraa Alzahrani, Ghaida Bukhari, Sadeem Bukhari, Deemah H |
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description | Pulmonary hypoplasia is a rare form of the congenital disorder that leads to lung underdevelopment. It is more common in children and infrequently noticed in adulthood. While congenital lung abnormalities are frequently discovered in the early years of life, these conditions are also often detected incidentally following routine radiographic imaging and investigations. We report the case of a 1-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of cough, shortness of breath, fever, and respiratory distress. Investigations revealed right lung hypoplasia, left lung hyperinflation, and an invisible pulmonary artery and vein. A diagnosis of right lung hypoplasia as an incidental finding with associated anomalies was made. She was admitted to the pediatric ward and received supportive care and empirical antibiotics. She was then discharged in a good condition with supportive management for follow-up. This case report aims to describe a rare condition occurring in children with various clinical pictures and presentations to aid future early detection to achieve better diagnostic outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-97534032022-12-15 A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl Rashed, Atef A Sendi, Esraa Alzahrani, Ghaida Bukhari, Sadeem Bukhari, Deemah H Cureus Genetics Pulmonary hypoplasia is a rare form of the congenital disorder that leads to lung underdevelopment. It is more common in children and infrequently noticed in adulthood. While congenital lung abnormalities are frequently discovered in the early years of life, these conditions are also often detected incidentally following routine radiographic imaging and investigations. We report the case of a 1-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of cough, shortness of breath, fever, and respiratory distress. Investigations revealed right lung hypoplasia, left lung hyperinflation, and an invisible pulmonary artery and vein. A diagnosis of right lung hypoplasia as an incidental finding with associated anomalies was made. She was admitted to the pediatric ward and received supportive care and empirical antibiotics. She was then discharged in a good condition with supportive management for follow-up. This case report aims to describe a rare condition occurring in children with various clinical pictures and presentations to aid future early detection to achieve better diagnostic outcomes. Cureus 2022-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9753403/ /pubmed/36532915 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31529 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rashed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Genetics Rashed, Atef A Sendi, Esraa Alzahrani, Ghaida Bukhari, Sadeem Bukhari, Deemah H A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title | A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title_full | A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title_short | A Rare Case of Lung Hypoplasia in a 1-Year-Old Girl |
title_sort | rare case of lung hypoplasia in a 1-year-old girl |
topic | Genetics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9753403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532915 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31529 |
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