Esophageal lung: A rare type of communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation, case report with review of literature

• Main Authors: Sriharsha Bokka (Author), Ashwin Ashok Jaiswal (Author), Bikram K Behera (Author), Manoj Kumar Mohanty (Author), Manish K Khare (Author), Amrish Kumar Garg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 2-year-old female child was referred from a private hospital as a case of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI). The chest X ray revealed a hypoplastic right lung and further workup led to the diagnosis of esophageal lung - a rare type of communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malfor...