Asthma-like attacks resulting from the isolated congenital left pulmonary artery agenesis with right main bronchus stenosis.
A 5-year-old girl with isolated congenital left pulmonary artery agenesis suffered from recurrent attacks of dyspnea and right-sided pneumonia due to the stenosis of the right main bronchus. The division of ligamentum of the ductus arteriosus and suspension of the right pulmonary artery resulted in the disappearance of symptoms. It is notable that the compression of contralateral bronchus by the remaining pulmonary artery can cause respiratory symptoms in patients with isolated unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis.
Furuno
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Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Ohno
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Masuda
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M
Hara
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D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*