title: Two cases of prenatally diagnosed congenital lobar emphysema caused by lobar bronchial atresia.
abstract: Bronchial atresia is a rare congenital anomaly, and neonatal presentation is extremely rare. Bronchial atresia often affects segmental or subsegmental bronchi, and bronchial atresia of a lobar bronchus is also rare. We report 2 cases of prenatally diagnosed congenital lobar emphysema caused by bronchial atresia at the left upper lobar bronchus. Three-dimensional computed tomography bronchoscopy was effective to demonstrate accurate anatomical changes of the bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. tseo@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp <tseo@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Hisami
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Kenitiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tainaka
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sumida
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Itakura
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015619:Respiratory System Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal