Authors : Ramesh Choudhary, Ramesh Choudhary, Ashok Gupta, Ashok Gupta, Vivek Kumar Athwani, Vivek Kumar Athwani, Vidhi Kotiya, Vidhi Kotiya
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijmpo.2020.040
Volume : 6
Issue : 4
Year : 2020
Page No : 172-174
Pulmonary agenesis is an extremely rare congenital malformation with an estimated frequency of 1 in 10000-15000 autopsies and 34 per million live births. In 50% cases it is associated with other malformations i.e. cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal and renal.We report a rare case of a male neonate with right pulmonary agenesis associated with VACTERL sequence (L5 hemi-vertebra, right absent kidney with left ectopic kidney and right radial agenesis). This association was never reported in published literature.
Keywords: Congenital abnormalities neonate agenesis VACTERL.