Infant With Recurrent Infections Found to Have a Duplication of the Respiratory Tract.

Shang, Ziyin; Liu, Cuiwei; Liu, Yingxing; Hong, Chun; Yang, Chaoxiang; Si, Yuan · Chest · 2024

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Abstract

A 10-month-old boy with a weight of 5 kg demonstrated recurrent respiratory infections after birth, respiratory distress after feeding, and slow weight gain. At the time of presentation, he had been experiencing a cough accompanied by pyrexia for > 20 days. Prenatal ultrasound examinations revealed no abnormalities. He was born at full term via cesarean delivery and weighed 2.9 kg at birth. He was hospitalized three times because of pneumonia.

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