Esophageal lung - A rare bronchopulmonary foregut malformation

• Main Authors: S.V. Parelkar (Author), B.V. Sanghvi (Author), S.H. Patil (Author), S.S. Mhaskar (Author), G. Munghate (Author), N.S. Sisodiya (Author), P. Tiwari (Author), A.A. Pawar (Author), R.S. Shah (Author), S.N. Oak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Esophageal lung is a rare variety of communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation characterized by a fistula between an isolated portion of respiratory tissue and esophagus or stomach. It may involve the entire lung or one of the pulmonary lobes. Only 20 cases have been reviewed in 2011. Fift...