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Primary congenital pulmonary hypoplasia of a neonate
Jui-Sheng Hsu1, Yu-Sheng Lee, Chin-Hsuan Lin
1Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
Pulmonary hypoplasia is a rare but usually lethal disease. We report a full-term male neonate who presented with respiratory failure immediately after birth. Chest X-ray revealed a small lung volume despite advanced ventilator support. Respiratory failure persisted and this baby died at 40.5 hours of age. The autopsy showed a lung-to-birth weight ratio of 0.69% and a radial alveoli count of 2.97. All this information confirmed the diagnosis of primary congenital pulmonary hypoplasia.
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