Abstract
Communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformations are extremely rare congenital
malformations, characterized by a communicating fistula between an isolated part of
the respiratory system and the esophagus or the stomach. In this article, we present
a case of esophageal atresia type C, later diagnosed as a rare form of a communicating
bronchopulmonary foregut malformation, an esophageal atresia combined with right main
bronchus originating from the lower esophagus. Therapeutic resection of the right
lung was complicated by postpneumonectomy syndrome.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 27,
2012
Received in revised form:
July 27,
2012
Received:
April 17,
2012
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☆☆Contributor's statement page: All authors made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. All authors revised the critically for important intellectual content; and all authors approved the version to be published.
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