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Kakria N, Garg Y, Katoch C, Pathak K, Grewal D. Congenital Lobar Emphysema: A Misleading Entity. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2019; 61 (4):207-209.
Congenital lobar emphysema is a rare disorder of unknown aetiology that may present a diagnostic challenge. We report two cases of congenital lobar emphysema in paediatric age group who were initially treated as pleuro-pulmonary tuberculosis and recurrent pneumonias, respectively. Eventually they were diagnosed as congenital lobar emphysema following chest radiography, computed tomography and bronchoscopic evaluation.
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