Congenital Agenesis of the Left Lung: A Rare Case

  • Tülin Durgun Yetim
  • Hanifi Bayarogullari
  • Hülya Polat Yalçin
  • Vefik Arica
  • Seçil Gunher Arica
Publication date
January 2011
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
ISSN
2156-7514
Journal
2156-5597
Citation count (estimate)
10

Abstract

Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, the etiology of which is not clearly known. Other systemic comorbidities such as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and urogenital system anomalies can be observed in more than half of the patients. It is usually diagnosed during childhood. Diagnosis in adulthood is very rare. We present a case of pulmonary agenesis diagnosed in an adult

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