title: Rare Case of Unilateral Hypoplasia of Lung with Associated Ventricular Mass in an Adult.
abstract: Hypoplasia of the lung is a rare congenital condition which can be: a) primary i.e. no apparent cause is found; or b) secondary i.e. associated with other congenital anomalies that are implicated in its pathogenesis. These anomalies may involve the diaphragm, cardiovascular, central nervous, urogenital and musculoskeletal system. Patients usually present in neonatal, infancy or childhood period and very rarely in adulthood. Our patient was an adult having a unilateral hypoplastic lung associated with a ventricular mass and to our knowledge this rare combination has never been reported in the English literature; though there are reports of prenatal or newborns with hypoplastic lung and rhabdomyoma of ventricle who did not survive.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, College of Medicine , Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India .
authors.forename: Lavina Vishnu
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Mirchandani
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, College of Medicine , Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India .
authors.forename: Azad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, College of Medicine , Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India .
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, College of Medicine , Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India .
authors.forename: Jayalakshmi Thelapurath
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kutty
keywords: Cardiac tumour; Congenital lesions; Developmental lung disorder