title: Bilateral Pulmonary Agenesis: A Rare and Unexpected Finding in a Newborn.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bilateral pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly incompatible with life that can be missed on routine prenatal screening. Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of this fatal anomaly can aid in prenatal counseling and postdelivery care.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a newborn who was born prematurely at 29 weeks gestation and underwent several unsuccessful intubation attempts immediately after delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Autopsy examination revealed bilateral pulmonary agenesis with a short, blindly ending trachea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Lananh N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Women's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: W Tony
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Parks
keywords: bilateral pulmonary agenesis; developmental anomaly; lung anomaly