Isolated stenosis of the pulmonary artery branches--an autopsy case with review of the literatures.
A necropsy of a 21-year-old male with isolated stenosis of the pulmonary artery was presented. The pulmonary artery branches showed various fibrous thickening including atheromata and mural thrombi. Those findings appeared mostly in elastic and large muscular pulmonary arteries as well as in medium sized arteries, while the small arteries and arterioles remained in slight changes. Systemic large elastic arteries seemed to be small and showed atheromatous lesions similar to those of the main pulmonary arteries. Moreover, eight autopsy cases with pulmonary artery stenosis from the literature were shortly reviewed and some pathological findings as an aid for angiographic cardiovascular studies were discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology