title: Diagnostic value of echocardiography in isolated congenital unilateral lung agenesis combined with different anomalies: Two rare cases in children.
abstract: Unilateral lung agenesis, a rare congenital deformity, is secondary to abnormal embryonic development, leading to a shift of the mediastinum and remaining lung. In our case reports, we describe the diagnostic courses of two pediatric patients with unilateral lung agenesis admitted to our hospital in 2014. We present and compare the findings in transthoracic echocardiography with that in CT. Echocardiography played a pivotal role in revealing pulmonary deformities and leading to the diagnosis. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 44:514-517, 2016.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Ultrasound, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: The Department of Ultrasound, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Feifei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: The Department of Ultrasound, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. renwd01@163.com.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: The Department of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Yonghuai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: computed tomography; echocardiography; pulmonary agenesis