CT angiography of mildly symptomatic, isolated, unilateral right pulmonary vein atresia

Mindaugas Mataciunas; Lina Gumbiene; Sigitas Cibiras; Virgilijus Tarutis; Algirdas E Tamosiunas

doi:10.1007/s00247-009-1291-9

CT angiography of mildly symptomatic, isolated, unilateral right pulmonary vein atresia

Pediatr Radiol. 2009 Oct;39(10):1087-90. doi: 10.1007/s00247-009-1291-9. Epub 2009 Jul 31.

Authors

Mindaugas Mataciunas¹, Lina Gumbiene, Sigitas Cibiras, Virgilijus Tarutis, Algirdas E Tamosiunas

Affiliation

¹ Clinic of Thoracic Diseases, Allergology and Radiology, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius 03101, Lithuania. [email protected]

PMID: 19644685
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1291-9

Abstract

We report a mildly symptomatic 12-year-old boy with a very rare congenital anomaly-isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia. Diagnosis was made using CT angiography and its role in diagnosis is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Male
Phlebography / methods*
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Rare Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*