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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.27042 | DOI Listing |
Trop Doct
September 2025
Professor and Head, Department of Neonatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
BMJ Case Rep
August 2025
Respiratory Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research Deemed to be University, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
A woman in late adolescence presented with numbness and tingling in both upper limbs and exertional dyspnoea. Clinical examination and imaging confirmed Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) with multiple cervical vertebral fusions, Sprengel's deformity, right lung hypoplasia and dextrocardia. Initial management with bronchodilators and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation led to symptomatic improvement.
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July 2025
Radiology, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, IND.
Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital condition where there is no development of pulmonary tissue beyond the carina. One or both lungs may be involved, but bilateral involvement is not compatible with extra-uterine existence. If one lung is involved, it is most commonly the left side.
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July 2025
Department of Radiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, USA.
Unilateral agenesis of the lung (UAL) is a rare congenital anomaly resulting from the failed development of the lung bud between weeks three and seven of gestation. It is frequently associated with anomalies involving the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and skeletal systems. We describe a full-term male neonate who presented with severe respiratory distress and was found to have complete agenesis of the left lung, bronchus, and pulmonary artery and vein.
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July 2025
Department of Paediatric Intensive care, N. H. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Lung agenesis associated with congenital heart disease is a rare and serious malformation that requires immediate medical attention. If not addressed with preplanned surgical and medical support, it can often lead to mortality. This report describes an unusual case of a 2-month-old male infant with left lung agenesis and obstructed infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
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