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We present a 7.8-month-old girl with recurrent pneumonia, growth retardation, and tachypnea. Computed tomography revealed a particularly unusual esophageal lung, in association with pulmonary vascular anomalies of right pulmonary veins atresia and right pulmonary artery hypoplasia.
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This work was funded by the National key research and development program (2016YFC1000500) and the general program of Shanghai municipal commission of health and family planning (201640070).
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Hu, X., Wu, L. Esophageal Lung in Association with Pulmonary Vascular Anomalies. Lung 196, 631–632 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-018-0147-1
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