A case of vascular sling.
- Author:
Jong Hyun KIM
;
Moon Soo HAN
;
Jong Wan KIM
;
Joon Sung LEE
;
Hak Hee KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Vascular sling
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction;
Asthma;
Cyanosis;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography;
Humans;
Incidence;
Infant;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Mortality;
Pulmonary Artery;
Respiratory Sounds
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1993;36(7):1034-1038
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary artery sling is an uncommon and potentially lethal vascular anomaly that can produce airway obstruction. Despite the availibility of a corrective operation, the mortality rate remains very high due to the high incidence of associated obstructive anomalies of the tracheobronchial tree. We experienced a 70-day-old male infant who was admitted to our unit because of sudden dyspnea, cyanosis, coarse expiratory wheezing and inspiratory stridor. At first, he was treated with bronchodilator and steroid under the impression of infantile asthma, but the symptoms went on without interval change. We performed magnetic resonance imaging study followed esophagography and two dimensional echocardiography. Finally he was diagnosed as a vascular sling. We report this with a brief review and related literatures.
