title: Intrapulmonary vascular shunt pathways in alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins.
abstract: Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) is a lethal neonatal lung disease characterised by severe pulmonary hypertension, abnormal vasculature and intractable hypoxaemia. Mechanisms linking abnormal lung vasculature with severe hypoxaemia in ACD/MPV are unknown. We investigated whether bronchopulmonary anastomoses form right-to-left shunt pathways in ACD/MVP. We studied 2 infants who died of ACD/MPV postmortem with direct injections of coloured ink into the pulmonary artery, bronchial artery and pulmonary veins. Extensive histological evaluations included serial sectioning, immunostaining and 3-dimensional reconstruction demonstrated striking intrapulmonary vascular pathways linking the systemic and pulmonary circulations that bypass the alveolar capillary bed. These data support the role of prominent right-to-left intrapulmonary vascular shunt pathways in the pathophysiology of ACD/MPV.
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Pediatric Heart Lung Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors: Csaba
authors: C
authors: Galambos
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors: Sunder
authors: S
authors: Sims-Lucas
authors: Pediatric Heart Lung Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors: Noorjahan
authors: N
authors: Ali
authors: Pediatric Heart Lung Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Gien
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors: Megan K
authors: MK
authors: Dishop
authors: Pediatric Heart Lung Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors: Steven H
authors: SH
authors: Abman
mesh_terms: D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Histology/Cytology; Paediatric interstitial lung disease; Rare lung diseases