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Supernumerary pulmonary fissure

MedGen UID:
1715751
•Concept ID:
C5397985
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: increased pulmonary fissure count
 
HPO: HP:0032994

Definition

Presence of a lung fissure that does not exist normally. Supernumerary fissures include the superior accessory fissure, the medial basal fissure, the left horizontal fissure, and the azygos fissure form supernumerary lobes. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSupernumerary pulmonary fissure

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Etiology

Variation in major pulmonary fissures: incidence in fetal postmortem examinations and a review of significant extrapulmonary structural abnormalities in sixty cases.
Bates AW
Pediatr Dev Pathol 1998 Jul-Aug;1(4):289-94. doi: 10.1007/s100249900041. PMID: 10463290

Diagnosis

Lung morphology: a cadaver study in Indian population.
Prakash, Bhardwaj AK, Shashirekha M, Suma HY, Krishna GG, Singh G
Ital J Anat Embryol 2010;115(3):235-40. PMID: 21287979

Therapy

The empty azygos fissure.
Lenoir V, Kohler R, Montet X
J Radiol Case Rep 2013 Apr;7(4):10-5. Epub 2013 Apr 1 doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v7i4.1323. PMID: 23705047Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Lung morphology: a cadaver study in Indian population.
Prakash, Bhardwaj AK, Shashirekha M, Suma HY, Krishna GG, Singh G
Ital J Anat Embryol 2010;115(3):235-40. PMID: 21287979

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