Mitral valve regurgitation causing right upper lobe pulmonary edema.
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.
Young
A L
AL
Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, A Harvard University Community Teaching Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238, USA.
Langston
C S
CS
Schiffman
R L
RL
Shortsleeve
M J
MJ
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