Weldetsadik Abate Yeshidinber, Asfaw Yemisrach Mekonnen, Tekleab Atnafu Mekonnen
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
Int Med Case Rep J. 2018 Oct 30;11:297-301. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S181571. eCollection 2018.
Isolated unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare anomaly with congenital absence of the left or right pulmonary artery in the absence of other cardiac malformation, and diagnosis is usually made during adolescence. We report a 4-year old male child with isolated absence of the right pulmonary artery, who presented with recurrent chest infection and wheezing since infancy.
孤立性单侧肺动脉缺如是一种罕见的先天性异常，表现为左或右肺动脉先天性缺如，且无其他心脏畸形，诊断通常在青春期做出。我们报告一名4岁男性儿童，患有孤立性右肺动脉缺如，自婴儿期起就反复出现胸部感染和喘息。
