title: Congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations, "sequestration" and beyond.
abstract: Congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations (BPVMs) include a broad spectrum of disorders that involve abnormalities in the form of disruptions of normal communication and/or presence of abnormal communication between one or more of the three main systems of the lung, namely, the airways, arteries, and veins. The establishment of abnormal communications by means of small openings or anastomoses is termed as malinosculation. The aim of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the imaging appearances of the various types of pulmonary malinosculation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Irodi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Shailesh M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Reetu Amrita
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Rv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leena
keywords: Congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations; malinosculation; systematic classification