title: [Diagnosis and embryogenesis of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection].
abstract: In Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage one or more pulmonary veins are not connected with left atrium, but drain into systemic circulation or right atrium. The clinical signs of the shunt between pulmonary and systemic circulation increase during lifetime, thus the abnormality gets late or not diagnosed. Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage is a developmental disorder, according to embryogenesis we recommend a classification of this abnormality. Two case reports are given to illustrate difficulties in diagnosis of this relatively common abnormality. A diagnostic standard of assessment of pulmonary venous disorders is discussed. The "Gold Standard" of selective pulmonary Angiography in combination with oxygen measurement is widely used for diagnosis of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage. In the future improvement and common use of modern cross sectional imaging techniques will redefine the value of conventional Angiography.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie (leitender Arzt Prof. Dr. D. Kühne, Abteilungsarzt Radiologie Dr. M. Montag) Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Essen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Albes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montag
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Budde
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kühne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Diagnose und Embryologie partieller Lungenvenenfehlmündungen. Review und Kasuistik zweier erwachsener Patienten.