title: Unilateral high-altitude pulmonary edema in a subject with right pulmonary artery hypoplasia.
abstract: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is an uncommon type of non-cardiogenic, high-permeability pulmonary edema. The authors describe a case of unilateral, left-sided HAPE that occurred in a man with right pulmonary artery hypoplasia.
authors.affiliation: E. Morelli Regional Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sondalo, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiorenzano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rastelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dottorini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D015633:Extravascular Lung Water / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen