Unilateral pulmonary agenesis.

نویسندگان

Maura Cavada Malcon

Claudio Mattar Malcon

Marina Neves Cavada

Paulo Eduardo Macedo Caruso

Lara Flório Real

چکیده

Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy with left lung agenesis, without any other congenital malformations. When the patient presented symptoms, including cough, wheezing, and dyspnea, with no clinical improvement after a period of 30 days, imaging studies were conducted and the diagnosis was made.

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