congenital lobar hyperinflation
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congenital lobar emphysema, infantile lobar emphysema
Congenital lobar hyperinflation (or congenital lobar emphysema) is the most frequent fetal/neonatal pulmonary anomaly, before congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs).
Differential diagnosis
unilobar congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis (15136998)
See also
lungs
- pulmonary malformations
References
Mani H, Suarez E, Stocker JT.The morphologic spectrum of infantile lobar emphysema: a study of 33 cases.Paediatr Respir Rev. 2004;5 Suppl A:S313-20. PMID: 14980289