Pulmonary agenesis with VACTERL association: A rare case with review of literature

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.


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