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

Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia presenting with recurrent hemoptysis and bronchial varices in an Ethiopian adolescent: a case report

Abate Yeshidinber Weldetsadik, Abdi Kebede, Binyam Gebremedhin Godu, Maru Gama Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College. Ethiopia Journal of Medical Case ReportsJ Med Case Rep 2023; 17:DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-03956-4 AbstractBackground: Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare anomaly resulting from failure of the pulmonary vein to incorporate in the left atrium. It is a very rare cause […]

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: A rare case of hemoptysis

Cindy S. DeMastes-Crabtree, Edward Kim, Ronald L. Morton University of Louisville and Kosair Children’s Hospital. United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2015; 15: 83-84DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.05.009 AbstractWe present a rare case of hemoptysis secondary to isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia. Isolated pulmonary vein atresia is a rare condition in which patients typically acquire a

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Improved gas exchange after pneumonectomy in an adult with incomplete pulmonary vein atresia

Tjip S. van der Werf, Gregor P. M. Mannes, Joffre M. Hew, Rene G. Grevink, Thomas W. van der Mark, Tjark Ebels, Gerard H. Koeter Groningen University Hospital.Netherlands Thorax Thorax 1994; 49:723-725DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.7.723 AbstractAtresia of the pulmonary veins of the left lung and the right upper lobe with moderate pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed in a 20

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Isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in adult patients: a case report and literature review

Min Zhang, Qing-Chen Wu, Cheng Zhang, Qiang Li, Ying-Jiu Jiang, Dan Chen First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.China Heart Surgery ForumHeart Surg Forum 2010; 13: E370-E372DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20101078. https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/55/54 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare abnormality that usually presents in infants with recurrent hemoptysis and pneumonia. Presentation in adulthood without additional congenital heart disease is

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: A rare disease with successful outcome in a child

Raja Sumandatta Aduri, Javid Raja, Ganesh Kumar Munirathinam, Raghuraman Soundararajan, Arun Sharma, Sachin Mahajan 29751Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022; 30: 943-946DOI: 10.1177/02184923221115972 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital anomaly that may occur in association with other congenital heart diseases. We report a rare

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Isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia with hemoptysis in a child: A case report and literature review

Changqing Tang, Hongyu Duan, Kaiyu Zhou, Yimin Hua, Xiaoliang Liu, Yifei Li, Chuan Wang West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University West China Medical School of Sichuan University. China MedicineMedicine 2018; DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011882 AbstractRationale: Hemoptysis is an uncommon chief complaint but a distressing symptom in pediatric patients. Due to

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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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[Thoracic imaging features of congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia]

Yifan Guo, Chengbin He, Jianmin Cheng, Fenglei Dong, Bo Ghen Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.China International Journal of Medical RadiologyInt J Med Radiol 2019; 42: 94-98DOI10.19300/j.2019.L6057; AbstractObjective: To investigate the thoracic imaging features of congenital unilateral pulmonary venous atresia (UPVA). Methods: Clinical manifestations and imaging features of two patients

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Mediastinal and hilar soft tissue mass-like lesions in congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: A retrospective review of seven pediatric patients

Reiko Okamoto, Osamu Miyazaki, Hidekazu Aoki, Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi, Mikiko Miyasaka, Minako Hoshiai, Shunsuke Nosaka National Center for Child Health and Development. Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2020; 62: 1234-1240DOI: 10.1111/ped.14307 AbstractBackground: Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia (CUPVA) is known to lead to the formation of an abnormal confluent mediastinal and hilar soft tissue mass, thoracic

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: diagnostic dilemma unfolded on imaging

Basavaraj Biradar, Arun Sharma, Amarinder Singh Malhi, Sanjeev Kumar All India Institute of Medical Sciences.India British Medical Journal Case ReportsBMJ Case Rep 2018;DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-224154 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare entity, usually congenital in origin. It is thought to result from failure of incorporation of common pulmonary vein to left atrium. Patients often present with

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