Deficiency of cartilage in the segmental bronchi of a child: congenital or acquired?
case_report · Level V
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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 case is unusual because a congenital lobar emphysema associated with an aplasia of bronchial cartilage has to be considered as well as secondary cartilage destruction due to chronic relapsing inflammations.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchi
- Bronchial Diseases
- Cartilage