Two cases of prenatally diagnosed congenital lobar emphysema caused by lobar bronchial atresia.
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.
Seo
Takahiko
T
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>
Ando
Hisami
H
Kaneko
Kenitiro
K
Ono
Yasuyuki
Y
Tainaka
Takahisa
T
Sumida
Wataru
W
Hayakawa
Masahiro
M
Itakura
Atsuo
A
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