Intrapulmonary agenesis of venous system and bronchopulmonary arterial anastomosis.
Agenesis of the intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary veins of the right lung was found by angiography and histological examination in a three year old boy. Blood supplied by the intersegmental arteries drained via the pulmonary arteries of the right lung into main and left pulmonary arteries. This caused a shunt between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Agenesis of the pulmonary venous system as a cause of left to right shunt has not been reported before.
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Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography