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. 2017 Oct;18(10):e611-e614.
doi: 10.1542/neo.18-10-e611.

Term Neonate with Respiratory Distress

Vikramaditya Dumpa  1 , Puneet Gupta  2 , Vaseem Iqbal  2 , Jayasree Nair  3
Affiliations

Term Neonate with Respiratory Distress

Vikramaditya Dumpa et al. Neoreviews. 2017 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Anteroposterior view radiograph of chest and abdomen at birth showing near-complete opacification of the right thorax.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Ultrasound scan of the chest, right thorax with A) a large mass on the right, consistent with a consolidated lung with an intact diaphragm, and B) liver.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Axial view of chest computed tomography scan showing A) main pulmonary artery, B) trachea, C) left pulmonary artery with an abnormal origin from the right branch instead of the main pulmonary artery looping around the trachea forming a “sling,” D) esophagus with enteric tube, and E) right pulmonary artery.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Coronal view of chest computed tomography scan showing A) trachea, B) left pulmonary artery with an abnormal course around the trachea at its bifurcation, causing stenosis of the right bronchus, C, D) areas of stenosis of the right main bronchus, and E) atelectatic upper lobe of the right lung.
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