title: An occult congenital fistula between the descending aorta and the left pulmonary vein in an adult presenting with recurrent episodes of hemoptysis.
abstract: We report a case of recurrent hemoptysis due to an occult congenital fistula between the descending aorta and the left pulmonary vein in a 25-year-old female patient. The anomaly was confirmed by contrast-enhanced CT scan and angiography. No abnormality was noted in the bronchia and pulmonary arteries. The patient was successfully managed by simple ligation of the fistula. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of adult-onset hemoptysis caused by an occult congenital fistula between the descending aorta and a pulmonary vein.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Yijie
authors: Y
authors: Hu
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: zhongqianjin@qq.com.
authors: Qianjin
authors: Q
authors: Zhong
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Zhiping
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Jianming
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Cheng
authors: C
authors: Shen
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures