Neonatal right lung emphysema due to pulmonary artery sling.
Pulmonary artery sling is a rare variant of vascular ring where the left pulmonary artery arises from the right and loops behind the trachea or right bronchus causing airway compression. A 40-day-old infant had been mechanically ventilated since birth for severe hypercapnia and right lung emphysema. Left pulmonary artery reimplantation was successfully performed.
Oppido
Guido
G
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. guidooppido@yahoo.com
Pace Napoleone
Carlo
C
Gargiulo
Gaetano
G
D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods