title: Unilateral pulmonary agenesis presenting in adulthood.
abstract: Agenesis of lung,a rare congenital anomaly,may present in adult life with features of recurrent chest infections and radiologically may mimic many common conditions presenting as opaque hemithorax with ipsilateral shifting of mediastinum.Here, a case of a young man presenting with frequent attacks of cough expectoration and progressive dyspnoea since childhood,proved to be a case of left pulmonary agenesis on CT scan and bronchoscopy, is to be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medical College Kolkata, Pulmonary Medicine, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Partha P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Medical College Kolkata, Pulmonary Medicine, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Samadarshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Medical College Kolkata, Pulmonary Medicine, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Medical College Kolkata, Pulmonary Medicine, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Medical College Kolkata, Pulmonary Medicine, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Soumya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
keywords: Herniation of right lung; Pulmonary agenesis; Recurrent childhood respiratory infection