RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Congenital bronchial atresia with regional emphysema associated with pectus excavatum.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 1082
OP 1083
DO 10.1136/thx.47.12.1082
VO 47
IS 12
A1 R J van Klaveren
A1 W J Morshuis
A1 L K Lacquet
A1 A L Cox
A1 J Festen
A1 F M Heystraten
YR 1992
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/47/12/1082.abstract
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.