title: Pulmonary varices--rare cause of haemoptysis.
abstract: Haemoptysis has a long list of causes, but pulmonary varices are amongst the rare causes. Pulmonary varices are rare abnormalities of pulmonary veins that may exist either as an isolated malformation or in association with pulmonary venous hypertension. This case report describes pulmonary varices as a cause of hemoptysis in an adolescent boy, which was diagnosed on multislice CT and confirmed on angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Combined Military Hospital, Chiltan Road, Quetta. nafees793@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nafees
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: M Umar
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging