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Lung agenesis or aplasia is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. It is estimated at 34 per million live births. The etiology of thes disorder has not clearly known. Failure of development of the primitive lung bud leads is the cause of this condition. In half of these cases, it has been reported in association with other congenital defects such as congenital malformation of the cardio-vascular, skeletal, gastrointestinal or genitor-urinary system. This condition is usually diagnosed during childhood. Some patients with lung agenesis may suffer from recurrent respiratory distress, dyspnea, and lung infections. We report a case of a 1-month 28 days old male infant with right sided lung agenesis association with spina bifida as other congenital defects presented to us with recurrent severe respiratory distress. This case emphasize the importance of investigating any possibilities of others congenital abnormalities when the patient presented lung agenesis or aplasia.