Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Absence or Hypoplasia

Unilateral absence or extreme hypoplasia of pulmonary veins.

Unilateral pulmonary artery absence or hypoplasia; radiographic and cardiopulmonary studies in five patients.

The clinical entity of unilateral pulmonary artery absence or hypopl sia can be readily diagnosed on the basis of routine clinical evaluation. This report is based upon 5 patients in whom the diagnosis was suspected and eventually confirmed with the aid of special studies. Characteristic hemnodynainic findings were demonstrated by means of cardiac catheterization and contrast visualization of t...

Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery Incidentally Found in Adulthood

Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (UAPA) or pulmonary artery agenesis is a rare congenital disorder presenting with a wide spectrum of symptoms. UAPA is usually associated with cardiac anomalies and surgically treated in childhood. We report a rare case of a 50-year-old woman who was diagnosed with left pulmonary artery agenesis without any other cardiac anomalies. Clinicians should be...

Isolated Unilateral Absence of a Pulmonary Artery A Case Report

Unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare pulmonary vascular anomaly that is usually associated with other cardiac anomalies. We report a 9-year-old female diagnosed with isolated unilateral absence of the left pulmonary artery and a right aortic arch but without other cardiac anomalies. The only symptoms the patient had were recurrent respiratory tract infections. The chest x-r...

Radiological Features of Isolated Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery

We report a case of isolated unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery, a rare congenital anomaly, in a woman with exertional dyspnoea. The chest radiograph appearances of this anomaly are often mistaken for other conditions, such as Swyer-James-MacLeod’s syndrome or thromboembolic disease. The interpretation of chest radiograph findings in order to differentiate isolated unilateral absence of...