Agenesis of the right upper lobe.
Bronchoscopy and bronchography revealed a very rare abnormality in the embryonal anatomy of the right bronchial tree in a 54-year-old woman with cough. There was a proximal migration of the apical branch of the right upper bronchus toward the trachea and a distal migration of the two other branches toward the middle lobe bronchus. The proximal migration was accompanied by a narrowing of the trachea. This case is considered an extremely rare embryonal variation in the development of the right bronchial tree.
Maesen
F P
FP
Department of Pneumology, De Wever Hospital Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Geraedts
W H
WH
Goei
R
R
D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged