Pulmonary varix: blood flow is essential in the diagnosis.
A 15-year-old girl presented with left-sided chest pain. A chest radiograph demonstrated a tubular structure in the left hemithorax. A helical CT angiogram suggested the diagnosis of an arteriovenous malformation, but selective pulmonary arteriography diagnosed the presence of a varix and excluded a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
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Department of Radiology, UH-320, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. judehmd@yahoo.com
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*