Congenital pulmonary artery stenoses masquerading as chronic thromboembolic disease

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Oct;28(10):1110-1. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.014.

Abstract

Stenotic pulmonary vascular lesions, often amenable to balloon angioplasty, can erroneously appear to suggest chronic thromboembolic disease on ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scan. We report a case of multiple peripheral pulmonary artery stenoses and describe radiologic findings and treatment options.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
  • Radiography
  • Vascular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Diseases / surgery