The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 27, 76-79, Copyright © 1979 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Total lung ectoplasia with systemic arterial supply
A Masaoka, M Maeda, Y Monden, K Nakahara and Y Tani
A 6-month-old girl was not to have fever and stridor. Investigations
revealed an abnormal lung that communicated with the esophagus and had a
systemic arterial supply from the abdominal aorta. Resection of the
abnormal lung was performed successfully. We have termed this disorder
total lung ectoplasia. Ten patients from the literature were reviewed.