title: A difficult emergency surgical diagnosis: atresia of the common pulmonary vein.
abstract: A newborn female experienced severe respiratory distress immediately after delivery. She presented with intense cyanosis, refractory hypoxemia, and acidosis. The deterioration was rapidly progressive, leading to the child's demise. The autopsy showed common pulmonary vein atresia, the most severe form of pulmonary venous drainage obstruction. Subpleural and interstitial pulmonary lymphagiectasias also were present as well as evidence of pulmonary hypertension. The lung pathology probably resulted from pulmonary venous atresia during prenatal development.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain. olgadominguez77@latinmail.com
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dominguez Garcia
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Granados Ruiz
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Redondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lázaro Salvador
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juarez Tosina
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*