Idiopathic dilatation of peripheral pulmonary arteries.
We describe a patient with idiopathic dilatation of the peripheral pulmonary arteries radiologicaly mimicking pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae. Isolate involvement of the peripheral arteries in this patient supports a developmental defect in the arterial walls as the etiology.
D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D010100:Oxygen