Congenital unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery is a rare condition. Pool, Vogel, and Blount (1962), in a review of the English published material, collected 98 cases and described 4 of their own. Of this group 23 were proven examples of absence of the left pulmonary artery. Oakley, Glick, and McCredie (1963) described a further case, and Sherrick, Kincaid, and DuShane (1962) encountered 8 ...

Agenesis of the lung is rare. The cases of ten patients with this malformation are recorded and illustrated. Most had congenital malformation of other organs, especially the heart, as well. All had hypoplasia of the pulmonary artery or its branches. A pantaloon-like appearance of the trachea and the main bronchi on the bronchograms is described. Exercise tolerance was impaired in all patients.