Publication: Unilateral Pulmonary Aplasia: A Case Report
Date
2010
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 116 - 118
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Chest X-Ray findings of unilateral lung or lobar collapse with a shift of mediastinal shift towards the affected side may prompt differential diagnoses of suspected foreign body aspiration, mucus plug occlusion, and bronchial mass lesions. We must also consider the rare condition of pulmonary agenesis. It is one of the rare congenital abnormalities in the development of the lungs in which there is complete absence of a lung. We report a three month old child with right sided pulmonary aplasia.
Description
Prabina Shrestha
Junior Resident, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
Prakash Poudel
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
Panna Lal Sah
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
Keywords
Agenesis lung, pulmonary aplasia, congenital abnormality
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v30i2.2645