An 11-month-old boy presented with recurrent wheezing and atelectasis in the right upper lobe of the lung. Bronchoscopy and bronchography confirmed an ectopic bronchus arising from the right main bronchus. The diagnosis of VATER association was made on the basis of multiple vertebral and rib anomali
Ectopic respiratory epithelium associated with multiple malformations
β Scribed by V. MAHLER; J. WURM; P.VON DEN DRIESCH
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 590 KB
- Volume
- 136
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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β¦ Synopsis
We report a patient with unique cutaneous plaques of ectopic respiratory epithelium. The epithelium was located superficially as raised erythematous plaques on the right lateral surface of the neck with some viscous secretion. Underlying branchial cysts or sinuses were excluded. The occurrence of ectopic respiratory epithelium was associated with congenital deafness and a hare-lip in our patient, suggesting multiple malformation during early embryonic development.
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