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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(2):252-256. Published online February 15, 1995.

A Case of Agenesis of the Right Lung Accompanied by Cleft Lip

Dong Joon DJ Lee¹, Moon Soo MS Han¹, Won Bae WB Lee¹, Joon Sung JS Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This paper describes a case of agenesis of the right lung in a male neonate, who suffered respiratory difficulty. He was evaluated by plain X-ray, bronchography, lung perfusion scan, chest CT, and brain CT. After he died, autopsy was performed. The results revealed multiple anomalies which included cleft lip and palate, absence of left thumb and radius bone, hemivertebra between L1 and L2, arachnoid cyst in occipital lobe of brain. We report this case with brief review fo some related literature.

Keywords :Agenesis of right lung