Current Thoracic Surgery
2024 , Vol 9 , Issue 2
Bilateral lower lobe pulmonary hypoplasia in adult
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical School, Samsun, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2024.017
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Pulmonary hypoplasia is a bronchopulmonary foregut anomaly characterized by complete or partial
aplasia and hypoplasia /or of pulmonary parenchyma, bronchus, and vessels. "Pulmonary hypoplasia"
is typically detected in newborns and infants, while it is rare in adults. In this paper, we present a case
of pulmonary hypoplasia in a 47-year-old female patient who had hemoptysis and refractory pulmonary
infection.
Keywords :
pulmonary hypoplasia, bilateral, adult