Diagnosis of pulmonary vein varix by transesophageal echocardiography.
A pulmonary vein varix is a localized dilatation of a pulmonary vein that usually is asymptomatic, presenting as a mass on a chest roentgenogram. Pulmonary angiography has been the mainstay of diagnosis. This case is the first in which transesophageal echocardiography was used to diagnose pulmonary vein varix.
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis 55417.
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D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*