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An unusual cause of respiratory distress: unilateral pulmonary agenesis
  1. S GÜVEN,
  2. Y KOYUTÜRK
  1. A CERRAH CELAYIR
  1. L KARADENIZ
  1. S ÇELIKOGLU
  1. Department of Pediatrics, Beykoz State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Zeynep Kamil Maternal and Child Hospital, Turkey scelayir@escortnet.com
  3. Department of Pediatrics, Zeynep Kamil Maternal and Child Hospital, Turkey
  4. Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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A 7 year old boy was admitted with severe respiratory distress. A chestx ray film showed diffuse opacity of the right hemithorax and a slightly overdistended left lung with patchy infiltrates; the cardiac silhouette was shifted to the right (fig 1). Despite treatment with intravenous …

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