Respiratory distress due to bronchial compression in persistent truncus arteriosus.
Clinical and pathologic findings are described in a seven-month-old boy who suffered from persistent truncus arteriosus and suddenly developed signs of respiratory distress. Bronchial compression in patients with persistent truncus arteriosus has only rarely been reported.
D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology