Individual Pulmonary Vein Atresia in Adults: Report of Two Cases.
10.3348/kjr.2011.12.3.395
- Author:
Hyoung Nam LEE
1
;
Young Tong KIM
;
Sung Sik CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. ytokim@schca.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary vein atresia;
Multidetector CT;
Pulmonary angiography;
Individual pulmonary vein atresia
- MeSH:
Adult;
*Angiography;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Male;
Pulmonary Atresia/*radiography;
Pulmonary Veins/*radiography;
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2011;12(3):395-399
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We present two cases of individual pulmonary vein atresia without vestige of an involved pulmonary vein. On CT, we noted the absence or interruption of normal pulmonary venous structures, and the presence of abnormal vascular structures that represented collaterals for the involved lung parenchyma. On angiography, the atretic pulmonary vein was found to drain into the other ipsilateral pulmonary veins through the collaterals.
