Age Focus: Adult

Unilateral Pulmonary Vein Atresia Initially Presenting as Interstitial Lung Disease in an Elderly Female: Serial Chest Radiograph Changes and Its Literature Review

Young Woo Sim, Jongmin Park, Byunggeon Park, Jae-Kwang Lim, Kyung Min Shin, Young-Seon Kim Yeungnam University Hospital and Yeungnam University College of Medicine. Kyungpook National University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea Journal of the Korean Society of RadiologyJ Korean Soc Radiol 2022; 83: 372-377DOI: 10.3348/jksr.2021.0033 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia (PVA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly […]

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia presenting with recurrent hydrothorax in an adult: A case report

Yan Wang, Shuangshuang Jiang, Jiasheng Yang, Ruilin Sun Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital.China Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101711 AbstractUPVA (Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia) is the failure of connection between the common pulmonary vein and the left atrium. UPVA is a rare malformation of common pulmonary vein caused by embryonic development defects.

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia without anomalous connection in adult patient with recurrent severe hemoptysis

Andrea Dell’Amore, Alessio Campisi, Stefano Congiu, Domenica Giunta, Giampiero Dolci, Fabio Niro S. Orsola University Hospital.Italy Journal of Visualized Surgery J Vis Surg 2018; 4: DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2018.05.03 AbstractIsolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia (UPVA) is a rare congenital malformation and the management remains controversial. In adults, pneumonectomy is the treatment of choice when significant hemoptysis becomes life-threatening.

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Congenital Pulmonary Vein Atresia in an Adult

Koji Kuronuma, Tomofumi Kobayashi, Youhei Takahashi, Hiroki Takahashi Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine.Japan Internal MedicineIntern Med 2017; 56: 877-878DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7590 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2017 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: Literature overview and case report

Cung-Van Cong, Tran-Thi Ly, Nguyen Minh Duc National Lung Hospital. Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine.Vietnam Radiology Case ReportsRadiol Case Rep 2022; 17: 1313-1317DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.01.057 AbstractThe unilateral absence of the pulmonary vein, known as pulmonary vein atresia, is a rare type of unilateral pulmonary venous hypoplasia caused by the congenital atrophy of the long pulmonary vein

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Pulmonary Hypertension With Unilateral Pulmonary Vein Atresia

Bong-Joon Kim, Soo-Jin Kim, Sung-Il Im, Hyunsu Kim, Jung-Ho Heo, Tae-Won Jang Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea International Journal of Heart FailureInt J Heart Fail 2023; 5: 102-105DOI: 10.36628/ijhf.2023.0003 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsRight Heart

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Outcomes of the lateral caval flap and conventional techniques for repair of right-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in adults

William C. Frankel, Bogdan A. Kindzelski, Benjamin Yang, Rashed Mahboubi, Miza Salim Hammoud, Andrew J. Toth, Hani K. Najm, Gösta B. Pettersson, Tara Karamlou Cleveland Clinic. Corewell East William Beaumont University Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery OpenJTCVS Open 2025; 23: 225-234DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.10.023 AbstractObjective: In an effort to overcome limitations of conventional techniques for surgical

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Esophageal varices in association with unilateral pulmonary vein atresia

J. Kevin Harrison, Steven E. Hearne, William M. Baker, Peter Van Trigt, Gil Leidig, Thomas M. Bashore, Martin P. O’Laughlin Duke University Medical Center.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular DiagnosesCathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996; 38: 387-392DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199608)38:4<387::AID-CCD14>3.0.CO;2-C AbstractA 27-yr-old woman with recurrent episodes of hemoptysis (and hematemesis due to esophageal varices) was found to have unilateral pulmonary vein

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: radiologic findings in three adult patients

Laura E. Heyneman, Robert L. Nolan, J. Kevin Harrison, H. Page McAdams Duke University Medical Center.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAJR Am J Roentgenol 2001; 177: 681-685DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.3.1770681 AbstractObjective: The purpose of our study is to describe the radiologic findings of adult patients presenting with congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia.Conclusion: Chest radiography in affected patients typically reveals a

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Asymptomatic adults with isolated, unilateral right pulmonary vein atresia: multidetector CT findings

Y. Kim, I. R. Yoo, M. I. Ahn, D. H. Han Ewha Womans University.Republic of Korea British Journal of RadiologyBr J Radiol 2011; 84: e109-e113DOI: 10.1259/bjr/51344661 AbstractWe report two cases of a very rare congenital anomaly, i.e. isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia. The patients were asymptomatic and the diagnosis was made using multidetector CT (MDCT), which

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