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      Bronchial atresia with relapsing pulmonary infection in a middle-aged man.

      Respiratory care
      Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents, therapeutic use, Biopsy, Bronchi, abnormalities, pathology, surgery, Fatigue, etiology, Fever, Humans, Lung Abscess, drug therapy, Male, Pneumonia, Recurrence, Respiratory Function Tests, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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          Congenital bronchial atresia (CBA) is a rare disorder, first reported in 1953. Less than 100 cases are reported in the literature, mostly in young, asymptomatic male patients with involvement of the apical-posterior segment of the left upper lobe. Patients may complain of fever, cough, or shortness of breath, symptoms that result from post-obstructive, sometimes recurrent, infections. Chest radiography and computed tomography reveal a tubular branching density representing mucus impaction or mucocele with surrounding focal hyperinflation. Surgical excision is reserved for symptomatic cases. We report an unusual case of CBA in a middle-aged man with a history of relapsing infections, who was found to have an atretic superior segment of the left lower lobe, with surrounding areas of organizing pneumonia.

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