title: Tetralogy of fallot and absence of left pulmonary artery.
abstract: Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital lesion usually caused by backward displacement of the conical artery of the truncus arteriosus. The purpose of this report is to describe and discuss the treatment of an 8-year-old patient who presented with cyanosis and was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot together with an absence of the left pulmonary artery and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Halit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olguntürk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kula
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures