title: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung.
abstract: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis can be a cause of respiratory distress of the newborn infant. We present a case of congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung. Such a presentation has only once been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Verlaat
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Semmekrot
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wiersma-van Tilburg
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008200:Lymphangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology