Exceptional Cause of Respiratory Distress: Bilateral Congenital Lobar Emphysema

Case Report We report a case of a 3 months old male who presented with increasing respiratory distress since birth aggravated two weeks before admission and was diagnosed to have bilateral congenital lobar emphysema on CT.

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