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Respiratory System Abnormalities

Medical Definition: Congenital structural abnormalities of the respiratory system.
Guide Notes: for congen struct abnorm only; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics or specific organ /abnorm; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; DF: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORM
Previously Indexed: Respiratory System/abnormalities (1966-1997)
Respiratory System Abnormalities Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bronchopulmonary Sequestration - A developmental anomaly in which a mass of nonfunctioning lung tissue lacks normal connection with the tracheobroncheal tree and receives an anomalous blood supply originating from the descending thoracic or abdominal aorta. The mass may be extralobar, i.e., completely separated from normally connected lung, or intralobar, i.e., partly surrounded by normal lung.

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