Nontraumatic chest wall systemic-to-pulmonary artery fistula.
A congenital chest wall systemic-to-left pulmonary artery fistula fed by the left internal mammary and left gastric arteries in a 31-year-old man is reported. Attempted sclerosis was complicated by rupture of the communicating vessel, hemothorax, and deep vein thrombosis of the legs. Fistula resection and pulmonary decortication were successfully performed.
Itano
Hideki
H
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Lee
Sang
S
Kulick
David M
DM
Iannettoni
Mark D
MD
Williams
David M
DM
Orringer
Mark B
MB
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013909:Thorax / Q000098:blood supply*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications