A Case of Agenesis of the Right Lung Accompanied by Cleft Lip and Palate.
- Author:
Dong Joon LEE
1
;
Moon Soo HAN
;
Won Bae LEE
;
Joon Sung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Agenesis of right lung
- MeSH:
Arachnoid;
Autopsy;
Brain;
Bronchography;
Cleft Lip*;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Lung*;
Male;
Occipital Lobe;
Palate*;
Perfusion;
Radius;
Thumb;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1995;38(2):252-256
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This paper describes a case of agenesis of the right lung in a male neonate, who suffered respiratory difficulty. He was evaluated by plain X-ray, bronchography, lung perfusion scan, chest CT, and brain CT. After he died, autopsy was performed. The results revealed multiple anomalies which included cleft lip and palate, absence of left thumb and radius bone, hemivertebra between L1 and L2, arachnoid cyst in occipital lobe of brain. We report this case with brief review fo some related literature.
