DEFICIENCY OF CARTILAGE IN THE SEGMENTAL BRONCHI OF A CHILD - CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED

Authors
ELFELDT RJ SCHMIDT D THIES J SCHRODER DW SEIFFERT P
Citation
Rj. Elfeldt et al., DEFICIENCY OF CARTILAGE IN THE SEGMENTAL BRONCHI OF A CHILD - CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 58(2), 1994, pp. 565-567
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
58
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
565 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)58:2<565:DOCITS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The case of a 4-year-old girl suffering from a severe bronchopneumonia of the left lower lobe is presented. Microscopically no cartilage was found in the resected lobe distal to the lobar bronchus. The ease is unusual because a congenital lobar emphysema associated with an aplasi a of bronchial cartilage has to be considered as well as secondary car tilage destruction due to chronic relapsing inflammations.