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Congenital lobar emphysema due to a pre-eparterial tracheal bronchus

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This report presents a case of congenital lobar emphysema due to a pre-eparterial tracheal bronchus with a slitlike orifice. Resection of the right upper lobe was required because of compression of the surrounding lung. A search of the hospital records found three other cases of aberrant right upper lobe bronchus in the years 1977–1987. All three cases were incidental findings on bronchoscopy.

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  1. Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    Peter D. Sly, Keith B. Stokes & Peter E. Campbell

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Sly, P.D., Stokes, K.B. & Campbell, P.E. Congenital lobar emphysema due to a pre-eparterial tracheal bronchus. Pediatr Surg Int 4, 124–126 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181851

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