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Unilateral Lung Agenesis—detrimental Roles of Surrounding Vessels by An‐Kou Chou; Shu‐Chien Huang; Shyh‐Jye Chen; Pei‐Ming Huang; Jou‐Kou Wang; Mei‐Hwan Wu; Yih‐Sharng Chen; Chung‐I Chang; Ing‐Sh Chiu; En‐Ting Wu is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract Unilateral lung agenesis is a rare congenital defect and could be associated with multiple abnormalities. The patients usually have poor long‐term outcomes especially in those with right lung agenesis. We reviewed the 10‐year experience in our hospital to describe special clinical features and try to delineate the causes of poor outcomes. From 1995 to 2005, 14 patients less than 18 years of age with unilateral lung agenesis (4 with left agenesis, 10 with right agenesis) were enrolled. Medical records reviewed included diagnosis, presentation, chromosome anomalies, cardiovascular anomalies and interventions, outcomes. We found that the mechanisms of severe airway disease in right lung agenesis included (1) trachea compression by the aortic arch, (2) the presence of “pseudo–ring‐sling complex,” (3) distended pulmonary artery due to left to right shunt which impinged the only bronchus, and finally (4) the persistent LSVC that restricts the growth of trachea. The etiologies of airway complication in left lung agenesis included anomalous aortic arch compression on trachea and the coexisting heart disease with significant left to right shunt, which impinged on the bronchus. I

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Author

An‐Kou Chou; Shu‐Chien Huang; Shyh‐Jye Chen; Pei‐Ming Huang; Jou‐Kou Wang; Mei‐Hwan Wu; Yih‐Sharng Chen; Chung‐I Chang; Ing‐Sh Chiu; En‐Ting Wu

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 8755-6863)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)