Pulmonary Venous Malformation in a 4-Year-Old Boy: a Case Report.
10.3348/kjr.2009.10.4.420
- Author:
Ji Young LEE
1
;
Ji Hye KIM
;
So Young YOO
;
Young Soo DO
;
En Yoon CHO
;
Jin Gook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital vascular malformation;
Venous malformation;
Lung, CT;
Magnetic resonance (MR)
- MeSH:
Child, Preschool;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Pneumonectomy;
Pulmonary Veins/*abnormalities;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2009;10(4):420-423
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of a pulmonary venous malformation in a 4-year-old boy who presented with recurrent pneumonia. A radiograph revealed a right infrahilar mass and a hyperlucent right lung. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a mass containing intensely enhancing areas and multiple phleboliths located in the right lower lobe and encasing the right bronchus and right inferior pulmonary vein. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) precisely revealed the mass demarcation. A right lower lobectomy was performed and a pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a venous malformation. To the best of our knowledge, a venous malformation in pulmonary tissue has not been reported in the English literature. Herein, we report a case of a pulmonary venous malformation, with the radiograph, CT, MRI, and blood pool scan findings, along with its pathologic correlation.
