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
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.