Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis: a rare cause of haemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain.
Haemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain are common presentations of cardiopulmonary disease. While a number of common disorders may explain these symptoms, occasionally unusual causes may emerge which should be considered in the differential diagnosis especially if pulmonary embolism is unlikely; so that inappropriate anticoagulation or thrombolytic therapy is avoided. We present a case of unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis, who presented with pleuritic chest pain and haemoptysis, and was initially treated as a case of pulmonary thromboembolism.
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Department of Cardiology, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
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D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis