Pulmonary Hypoplasia Wrongly Diagnosed and Treated as Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH), a rare congenital anomaly is observed with incomplete development of the lung, and may be associated with anomalies in other body systems. The clinical presentation varies with the extent of hypoplasia and the patient may be asymptomatic or may present with severe respiratory distress in the neonatal, infancy or childhood period. A six year old girl suffering from right sided hypoplasia was hospitalized with common presenting chest symptoms. She had taken antituberculosis treatment for past three years and was thought to be an MDR suspect. The child was thoroughly investigated was diagnosed to be a case of PH and is under followup.