title: [Congenital unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia].
abstract: Authors report twelve patients who presented unilateral diminished lung volume on chest x-ray and analyze ECG, bronchography, lung scan and angiography performed in this patients. Based on these data and following classification proposed by CURRARINO they divide patients in groups: 1) Simple lung hypoplasia, seven cases, four of these were of the left side. 2) Absence of one pulmonary artery, two cases. 3) Scimitar syndrome, three cases. Eleven patients have remained free of significant symptoms. Authors believe that diagnostic work-up of a patient with unilateral diminished lung volume on chest x-ray should depend on clinical symptoms and possibility of surgical treatment. Therapeutic approach will depend on clinical and anatomic findings.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: de la Morena Pardo
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Chamorro Romero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prados Bueno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maroto Monedero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maroto Alvaro
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: García Fernández
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Hipoplasia pulmonar unilateral congénita.