Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis

John M. Reid, Morgan P. G. Jamieson, Michael D. Cowan

Western Infirmary.
United Kingdom

British Heart Journal
Brit Heart J 1986; 55: 599-601
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.55.6.599

Abstract
Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital anomaly. A case is described in a girl who first presented at the age of four years with recurring haemoptysis but in whom diagnosis was not established until she was 16 years old. Pulmonary angiography demonstrated a minimally hypoplastic right pulmonary artery, and the laevophase showed normal pulmonary venous return from the left lung, but none from the right. Surgical treatment was necessary because of life threatening haemoptysis, and pneumonectomy was required in the light of the findings at operation.

Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Length of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction
Symptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction
Diagnostic Testing. Invasive
Surgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease

Year of Publication: 1986

Age Focus: Pediatric

Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)

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