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A case of esophageal atresia associated with bilateral accessory lung tissue communicating with a short lower double esophagus opening into trachea at the level of the carina is presented. The infant also had a right-sided aorta, a hiatal herniation of the stomach, and possibly situs inversus abdominis. Such a complex, hitherto undescribed anomaly is likely to add to our understanding of the embryogenesis of bronchopulmonary foregut malformations.
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Al-Arfaj, A.L., Upadhyaya, P. & Al Umran, K. Bilateral bronchopulmonary foregut malformation associated with esophageal atresia. Pediatr Surg Int 6, 350–352 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178654
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