Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant
Bronchial atresia (BA) is a rare respiratory malformation that may be diagnosed from infancy to adulthood. A typical feature of the disease is involvement of the left upper lobe and a mass-like lesion surrounded by a hyperlucent and nondeflating zone. We present a six-month-old male infant wh...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2000-10-01
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Bronchial atresia (BA) is a rare respiratory malformation that may be diagnosed from infancy to adulthood. A typical feature of the disease is involvement of the left upper lobe and a mass-like lesion surrounded by a hyperlucent and nondeflating zone. We present a six-month-old male infant who was diagnosed by contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) with three-dimensional (3D) technology, and by Tc-99m-macroalbumin aggregate (Tc99m-MAA) radionuclide scintigraphy. We stress that early diagnosis of BA can be made noninvasively using contrast-enhanced spiral CT and radionuclide scintigraphy. 3D computed tomographic reformation allows a more accurate diagnosis as well as a more specific approach to management and follow-up.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1dee730278b54952ae52d87d7e0cb01e2025-08-20T02:58:14ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212000-10-01424Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infantH Yüksel0E DemirR TanaçR SavaşH AlperDepartments of Pediatrics and Radiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. Bronchial atresia (BA) is a rare respiratory malformation that may be diagnosed from infancy to adulthood. A typical feature of the disease is involvement of the left upper lobe and a mass-like lesion surrounded by a hyperlucent and nondeflating zone. We present a six-month-old male infant who was diagnosed by contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) with three-dimensional (3D) technology, and by Tc-99m-macroalbumin aggregate (Tc99m-MAA) radionuclide scintigraphy. We stress that early diagnosis of BA can be made noninvasively using contrast-enhanced spiral CT and radionuclide scintigraphy. 3D computed tomographic reformation allows a more accurate diagnosis as well as a more specific approach to management and follow-up. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/3172 |
| spellingShingle | H Yüksel E Demir R Tanaç R Savaş H Alper Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
| title_full | Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
| title_fullStr | Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
| title_short | Preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
| title_sort | preoperative diagnosis of bronchial atresia presenting with recurrent respiratory symptoms in an infant |
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