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Abstract
A case is presented of a left lower accessory pulmonary lobe successfully removed
from a. 10-day-old Eskimo male because of severe respiratory distress resulting from
compression of the left lung by the supernumerary lobe, and of the right lung by displacement
of the heart.
The tetrahedron-shaped lobe, consisting of nondiseased, largely bronchiolar parenchyma,
was attached by a short pedicle to the lower mediastinum just above the esophageal
hiatus. The pedicle contained a systemic artery from the aorta (which supplied the
parenchyma), nerves, lymphatics, and lymph nodes, plus a single vein which passed
from the lobe to an undetermined destination.
Reasons are presented why it is believed that this lobe and other similarly located
supernumerary lungs develop from a diverticulum of the esophagus.
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Publication history
Received:
October 30,
1961
Footnotes
☆Aided by United States Public Health Service Grant H-2547.
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© 1962 Published by Elsevier Inc.
