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Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung

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Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis can be a cause of respiratory distress of the newborn infant. We present a case of congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung. Such a presentation has only once been previously described.

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Abbreviations

CPL :

congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis

PDA :

persistant ductus arteriosus

PHT :

persistent pulmonary hypertension

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    C. W. M. Verlaat & B. A. Semmekrot

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    H. M. Peters & J. M. Wiersma-van Tilburg

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Verlaat, C.W.M., Peters, H.M., Semmekrot, B.A. et al. Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis presenting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung. Eur J Pediatr 153, 202–205 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958988

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