title: Mitral valve regurgitation causing right upper lobe pulmonary edema.
abstract: When radiography is performed in patients with mitral regurgitation, cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a typical finding; however, asymmetric pulmonary edema has also been reported. We describe the case of a patient in whom mitral valve regurgitation caused isolated pulmonary edema in the right upper lung. We include a discussion of pulmonary edema in conjunction with mitral regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, A Harvard University Community Teaching Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Langston
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schiffman
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Shortsleeve
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography