Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal lung in a premature baby

The esophageal lung is a rare congenital malformation of the foregut, characterized by the existence of the lung tissue, a segment of the lung, and the main bronchus between the esophagus and the part of respiratory system. Because of the rare occurrence of this defect, examples of the treatment of this disease can be found only in foreign literature, in Russian-language sources, there are no described cases of treatment of the esophageal lung. In this regard, the literature data was analyzed and there was presented, clinical picture, classification, diagnosis, and treatment of this defect, as well as a case from practical activities was carried out: diagnosis and treatment of a premature one month baby with an esophageal lung.

Contribution:
Alhasov A.B., Nakovkin O.N. — research concept and design of the study;
Karnuta I.V., Akhmedova D.M., Konovalenko M.A. — data research and analysis;
Bayazitov R.R., Ratnikov S.A., Varichkina M.A. — preparation of publication;
Gurskaya A.S., Kazakova K.A. — editing.
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: December 25, 2022
Accepted: March 21, 2023
Published: April 28, 2023

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