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KMID : 0378019750180040561
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New Medical Journal
1975 Volume.18 No. 4 p.561 ~ p.563
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Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
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Abstract
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An autopsy case of pulmonary hypoplasia associated with congenital diaphragmatic herrda(Bochdalek foramen) have been presented.
This case is a 2-hour-old new born infant who was admitted for cyanosis, and dyspnea. Soon after admission the patient expired. At autopsy, left lung weighed only 1.1 gm. and consisted of a rather solid dark gray mass attached to the hilum. The spleen and loops of small and partial large intestine were found in the´ left hemithorax which had been herniated through a round defect in the left posterolateral portion of diaphragm.
Pathogenesis of pulmonary hypoplasia associated with diaphragmatic hernia of congenital origin is discussed and the related papers are briefly reviewed.
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