Pulmonary hypertension and congenital bronchial atresia: A time factor association

Congenital Bronchial Atresia

Congenital bronchial atresia with a calcified mucocele.

Chest CT confirmed the presence of a branching calcified lesion in the apicoposterior bronchus of the left upper lobe ( fig. 2 ). Distal to the lesion, the lung parenchyma appeared hyperinflated with sparse vascularity. Imaging findings were consistent with congenital bronchial atresia with a calcified mucocele. Two years later, follow-up chest CT did not show any changes while the patient rema...

Congenital Bronchial Atresia: Diagnosis and Treatment

This study aimed to retrospectively summarize the clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of congenital bronchial atresia (CBA) in 12 patients. Chest radiographs and computed tomographic (CT) images of 12 patients with CBA treated in the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital were reviewed. Analysis of chest radiographs revealed ten patients had hilar mass-like shadows and two had p...

Bronchial atresia with corresponding segmental pulmonary emphysema.

This paper presents a 13-year-old boy suffering from congenital bronchial atresia of the anterior and apicoposterior segments of the left upper lobe with corresponding emphysema, and emphysema with bronchial atresia in the anterobasal segment of the left lower lobe. The aetiology of congenital localized emphysema is not always clear. In the group with a demonstrable check-valve mechanism, which...

Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicating Bronchial Atresia

Bronchial atresia is a rare pulmonary developmental anomaly characterized by the presence of a focal obliteration of a segmental or lobar bronchial lumen. The lung distal to the atretic bronchus is typically emphysematous along with the presence of mucus filled ectatic bronchi (mucoceles). BA is usually asymptomatic but pulmonary infections can rarely develop in the emphysematous lung distal to...