[Localized pulmonary edema in the right upper lobe--an important differential diagnostic hint for acute mitral insufficiency].
Differential diagnosis of unilateral alveolar pulmonary infiltration includes various possibilities. Acutely developing mitral insufficiency, often without any prior cardiac symptoms, may be the cause of pulmonary edema localized exclusively in the right upper lobe. This unusual and often misinterpreted radiologic presentation is brought to attention by two case reports.
Goerre
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Kantonsspital, Chur.
Kuhn
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Ratti
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Dubach
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Reinhart
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography
Das lokalisierte Lungenödem im rechten Oberlappen--ein wichtiger differentialdiagnostischer Hinweis auf eine akute Mitralinsuffizienz.