- Etiology: prenatal obliteration of a focal segment of bronchus
- Imaging: most commonly in upper lobes, mucoid impaction in bronchus distal to atresia, lung distal to area of atresia is developmentally normal but is hyperinflated and thus hyperlucent due to collateral air drift with air trapping
- Complications: may be associated with recurrent infections
- Clinical: usually asymptomatic
Radiology Cases of Bronchial Atresia

Gross Pathology Cases of Bronchial Atresia
