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Lung India. 2008 Jan;25(1):28-30. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.44136.

Agenesis of lung - a report of two cases.

Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

K H Kisku, M K Panigrahi, R Sudhakar, A Nagarajan, R Ravikumar, J R Daniel

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry - 605014., India.

PMID: 20396661 PMCID: PMC2853047 DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.44136

Abstract

Agenesis of lung is a rare congenital disorder. We are reporting varied degree of pulmonary agenesis in two adult patients.

Keywords: Agenesis; Hypoplasia; Opaque hemithorax; Recurrent lower respiratory tract infections

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