A rare case of left lung agenesis in a female teenager.

Arnab Maji,Arpita Banerjee,Debabrata Saha,Debraj Jash,Kaushik Saha,Md Ankan Bandyopadhyay

doi:10.3329/bjms.v11i4.12610

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Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly. History of recurrent chest infection in first year of life is the presenting symptom although patient may be asymptomatic and detected on routine chest x-ray. Our patient presented with recurrent chest infections since childhood. CT scan thorax revealed absence of lung tissue on left side with mediastinal shifting and herniation of right lung to left side. Pulmonary angiography confirmed the diagnosis of left lung agenesis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v11i4.12610 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 11 No. 04 Oct12

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Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly due to failure of development of primitive lung bud with incidence of 34 per 100000 live births
We are reporting a case of left lung agenesis who presented with cough and exertional dyspnoea at the age of 15 years
On examination of respiratory system, there was decreased movement of left hemithorax with shifting of trachea and apex beat to the left

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A rare case of left lung agenesis in a female teenager. Ankan B1, Debabrata S2, Kaushik S3, Debraj J4, Arnab M5, Arpita B6 Abstract: Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly. History of recurrent chest infection in first year of life is the presenting symptom patient may be asymptomatic and detected on routine chest x-ray. Our patient presented with recurrent chest infections since childhood. CT scan thorax revealed absence of lung tissue on left side with mediastinal shifting and herniation of right lung to left side. Pulmonary angiography confirmed the diagnosis of left lung agenesis

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