Systemic artery-pulmonary vein fistula without sequestration.
Fistulae between an artery arising from the aorta and a pulmonary vein associated with absence of a branch of the pulmonary artery, but without anomalies of the bronchial tree, are exceedingly rare. We report a case in a child who presented with a continuous vascular murmur and developed heart failure due to the left-left shunt. Left lobectomy was performed and showed that the entire left lower lobe was occupied by a huge arteriovenous fistula between an artery stemming from the aorta and the pulmonary veins.
Pernot
C
C
Department of Cardiology, Children Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France.
Simon
P
P
Hoeffel
J C
JC
Worms
A M
AM
Marcon
F
F
Prevot
J
J
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography