Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Agenesis (UPAA) is a rare congenital anomaly during the 4 th week of gestational age. It is defined as an absence of pulmonary parenchyma and its supporting artery. A 9-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of chronic cough. Chest examination showed a decrement in lung sound of right hemi-thorax with expiratory wheeze. Chest radiography (CXR) revealed a semi-opaque right hemi-thorax. Chest CT with intra-venous contrast demonstrated absence of the right pulmonary artery and lung parenchyma with hyper-inflated left lung and dextro-position of mediastinum. This case emphasizes that in patients with respiratory compliant and chronic cough CXR must be done to rule out similar diagnosis other than asthma.
Ghobadi, H., Matin, S. (2014). Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma. Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2(2), 172-175. doi: 10.22038/jctm.2014.2616
MLA
Hassan Ghobadi; Somaiie Matin. "Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma". Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2, 2, 2014, 172-175. doi: 10.22038/jctm.2014.2616
HARVARD
Ghobadi, H., Matin, S. (2014). 'Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma', Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2(2), pp. 172-175. doi: 10.22038/jctm.2014.2616
VANCOUVER
Ghobadi, H., Matin, S. Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma. Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2014; 2(2): 172-175. doi: 10.22038/jctm.2014.2616
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