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Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma
Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Agenesis (UPAA) is a rare congenital anomaly during the 4 th week of gestational age. It is defined as an absence of pulmonary parenchyma and its supporting artery. A 9-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of chronic cough. Chest examination showed a decrement in lung sound of right hemi-thorax with expiratory wheeze. Chest radiography (CXR) revealed a...
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Pulmonary artery agenesis is one of several diagnostic possibilities which may present with similar chest roentgenographic features, including unilateral pulmonary hypoperfusion and nonvisualization of a pulmonary artery. We have applied ventilation and perfusion scintiphotography as an aid in differentiating agenesis from the other conditions with which it may be confused. Four patients presen...
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We enjoyed reading the report by Dr. Kochiadakis and coworkers (June 2002).1 We would like to point out, however, that we have reported on a similar case of a 51-year-old woman with pulmonary hypertension and agenesis of the right pulmonary artery.2 Her pulmonary artery pressure was 68/24 mm Hg, as measured by right heart catheterization. The diagnosis of agenesis was confirmed by conventional ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1780-2393
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.262