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Congenital bronchial atresia complicated with severe cough —A case report—

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A 37-year-old woman presented severe cough for several years. Chest X-ray showed an abnormal shadow in the right upper lung field. That was absent but hyperlucent before onset. Chest CT scan revealed a mass shadow with mucoid impaction in the right S2. Thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy dramatically improved her complaints. Histological examination revealed the dilated bronchus containing mucoid impaction and confirmed a diagnosis of congenital bronchial atresia. It was suggested that organizing pneumonia resulting from repeated infection caused severe cough. Thoracoscopic surgery for congenital bronchial atresia should be recommended in young patients.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

    Tetsuro Uchida, Hiroyuki Oizumi, Tsukasa Fujishima, Yoshihiro Yuki & Yasuhisa Shimazaki

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Uchida, T., Oizumi, H., Fujishima, T. et al. Congenital bronchial atresia complicated with severe cough —A case report—. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 46, 385–388 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217760

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