Congenital Bronchial Atresia.
10.4046/trd.2004.56.4.343
- Author:
Yo Won CHOI
1
;
Ho Joo YOON
;
Dong Ho SHIN
;
Sung Soo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ywchoi@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Bronchial disease;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Tomography, spiral computed
- MeSH:
Bronchi;
Bronchial Diseases;
Mucus;
Tomography, Spiral Computed;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2004;56(4):343-347
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Congenital bronchial atresia is a rare anomaly, which results from a congenital focal obliteration of a proximal segmental or subsegmental bronchus, with normal development of the distal structures. The short atretic segment leads to the accumulation of mucus within the distal bronchi, forming a bronchocele and air trapping of the alveoli supplied by these bronchi. The diagnostic CT features include the presence of a branching opacity and the bronchocele, which radiate from the hilum and are surrounded by an area of hyperlucency.
