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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:331-334
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Congenital Absence of the Right Upper Lobe Bronchus With Double Segmental Tracheal Bronchi

Gabriele Di Luozzo, MDa, Heung Bae Kim, MDa, Phillip M. Boiselle, MDa, Andrew A. Colin, MDa, Steven J. Fishman, MDa,*

a Department of Surgery and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Accepted for publication August 6, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Fishman, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Fegan 3, Boston, MA 02215, USA
steven.fishman{at}tch.harvard.edu

A multidisciplinary approach revealed an absent right upper lobe bronchus and atretic bronchioles in a child with recurrent pulmonary infections. Use of a multidimensional computed tomographic scan and bronchoscopy clearly delineated the anatomical aberration. The child underwent an uncomplicated right upper anterior segmentectomy with an expedient recovery.






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