Author:
Tyagi Rahul,Chowdhary G. S.
Abstract
AbstractPulmonary agenesis is an extremely rare malformation of lung with an estimated prevalence of only 34 per million live births. It is even more uncommon in females and on the right side. We report a case of this rare entity.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Medicine
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