Pulmonary agenesis and respiratory failure in childhood
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Pulmonary agenesis and respiratory failure in childhood
Pulmonary agenesis (PA) is a rare congenital anomaly, which may be unilateral or bilateral. Unilateral PA may be associated with nonspecific respiratory symptoms. We report the case of 5-month-old infant who presented a normal development until the age of 4 months when a respiratory infection caused an acute respiratory distress syndrome with a fatal outcome. The autopsy findings depicted the r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Autopsy and Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2236-1960
DOI: 10.4322/acr.2014.046