A female newborn delivered at 36 weeks' gestation is in respiratory distress. Apgar scores are 3 and 5 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. Physical examination shows cyanosis. Endotracheal and nasogastric tubes are placed. The x-ray shown depicts the nasogastric tube in the left hemithorax, displacement of the mediastinum to the right, and absence of bowel gas in the abdomen. This condition most likely results from which of the following embryologic events?
A. Failure of epimere to migrate
B. Failure of hypomere to migrate
C. Hypoplasia of the lungs
D. Incomplete formation of pleuroperitoneal membrane
E. Malrotation of bowel
A female newborn delivered at 36 weeks' gestation is in respiratory distress. Apgar scores are 3 and 5 at 1 and 5 minute
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