From the Internal Medicine Department, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2024 Aug;45(9):959-962. doi: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.9.20240265.
Pulmonary agenesis is a very rare congenital abnormality that can be missed in a routine radiographic examination, which delays diagnosis until adulthood. It can be associated with other congenital malformations, such as valvular heart disease and gastrointestinal organ abnormalities. Computed tomography (CT) is a useful modality for its better delineation of pulmonary and vascular structures. The reported case here is for an adult male who presented with dextroposition of the heart and was found to have a unilobed right lung associated with polysplenia. This has not been previously reported in the literature.
肺不发育是一种非常罕见的先天性异常,在常规放射学检查中可能会被遗漏,导致直到成年才被诊断出来。它可能与其他先天性畸形有关,如瓣膜性心脏病和胃肠道器官异常。计算机断层扫描(CT)是一种有用的方法,可以更好地描绘肺部和血管结构。本报告的病例为一名成年男性,表现为心脏右旋,并发现单侧三叶右肺伴多脾。这在文献中尚未有报道。