Bronchial atresia

Discussion:

Bronchial atresia is an asymptomatic congenital pulmonary disease that is usually found incidentally when the patient is evaluated for any other reason (as in this case, that the disease is diagnosed when the patient was being evaluated for hemoptysis). The classical imaging finding is a segment of hyperlucent lung with a round, oval or branching opacity that is centrally located and represents the dilated mucus filled bronchus distal to the atretic segment (bronchocele). The most common location is left upper lobe, followed by right upper lobe and right middle lobe.  

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