title: Unilateral pulmonary agenesis: an uncommon cause of lower zone lung opacity.
abstract: Congenital abnormalities of the lung are rare and are often misdiagnosed. We report the case of a young girl who was initially diagnosed to have pleural effusion with collapse. After detailed evaluation including computerised tomographic (CT) scan and fiberoptic bronchoscopy, a final diagnosis of unilateral pulmonary agenesis was made. This condition must be suspected in differential diagnosis in a young person presenting with features of lung collapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guleria
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed