A Case of Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Vein Atresia.
- Author:
Eun Kyoung CHOI
1
;
Min Seob SONG
;
Yong Woo KIM
;
Chul Ho KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea. msped@inje.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital pulmonary vein atresia;
Unilateral
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Cardiac Catheterization;
Cardiac Catheters;
Dyspnea;
Heart Murmurs;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Lung;
Perfusion;
Physical Examination;
Pulmonary Artery;
Pulmonary Veins*;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Cardiology Society
2006;10(1):45-49
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare cardiac malformation. In this case, the patient was brought to the hospital for recurrent upper respiratory infection without exertional dyspnea or hemoptysis, and cardiac murmurs were heard on physical examination. The volume of affected lung was lost on simple chest x-ray. Lung perfusion scan revealed no visualization of affected lung. Cardiac catheterization revealed mild pulmonary artery hypertension. Pulmonary angiography showed a small right pulmonary artery, stasis of contrast material and venous phase revealed nonvisualization of draining right pulmonary veins. In this case, the patient did not undergo any surgical treatment for no symptoms other than recurrent upper respiratory infection were reported. We report a case of congenital right pulmonary vein atresia.
