PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R J van Klaveren
AU  - W J Morshuis
AU  - L K Lacquet
AU  - A L Cox
AU  - J Festen
AU  - F M Heystraten
TI  - Congenital bronchial atresia with regional emphysema associated with pectus excavatum.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.47.12.1082
DP  - 1992 Dec 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 1082--1083
VI  - 47
IP  - 12
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/47/12/1082.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/47/12/1082.full
SO  - Thorax1992 Dec 01; 47
AB  - Two cases of congenital bronchial atresia with pectus excavatum are reported. Costosternal retraction during the efforts to overcome the airway obstruction due to encroachment on normal lung tissue by the hyperinflated segments may play a part in causing pectus excavatum.