TY - JOUR T1 - Congenital bronchial atresia with regional emphysema associated with pectus excavatum. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 1082 LP - 1083 DO - 10.1136/thx.47.12.1082 VL - 47 IS - 12 AU - R J van Klaveren AU - W J Morshuis AU - L K Lacquet AU - A L Cox AU - J Festen AU - F M Heystraten Y1 - 1992/12/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/47/12/1082.abstract N2 - 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. ER -