"To the Editor" recurrent wheezing caused by the combination of bronchogenic cyst and congenital lobar emphysema in a young infant

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Anatomical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Pierre Goussard et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;58(1):340-344.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.26181. Epub 2022 Oct 11.

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Anatomical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: bronchial atresia; bronchogenic cyst; bronchoscopy; chest CT- scan; congenital lobar emphysema.

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