IMAJ | volume 26
Journal 11, December 2024
pages: 701-703
1 Department A, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
2 Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
3 Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Summary
Esophageal lung is a rare congenital malformation. We present a case of a full-term infant with an esophageal lung presenting as a white lung combined with VACTERL association (vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-esophageal fistula, renal anomalies, and limb abnormalities) and dysmorphic features. A right pneumonectomy was successfully performed.