Congenially absent pulmonary veins -diagnostic pitfalls two case reports

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dc.contributor.authorVan Der Merwe P.-L.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:15:57Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:15:57Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractTwo patients with partial absence of the right and left pulmonary veins respectively are described. Congenitally absent pulmonary veins are a rare phenomenon and the diagnosis is often missed or delayed. When children present with haemoptysis and/or recurrent respiratory infections with no obvious underlying cause, absence of the pulmonary veins must be part of the differential diagnosis. Special investigations to be done in these patients are chest roentgenograph to compare the lung volumes, radio-isotope scan, echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation. Magnetic resonance imaging may be helpful in defining the cause and site of obstruction of the pulmonary veins. Depending on the cause, surgery might be considered.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationCardiovascular Journal of South Africa
dc.identifier.citationSUPPL. 3
dc.identifier.issn10159657
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13567
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbreathing
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectdiagnostic accuracy
dc.subjectdiagnostic approach route
dc.subjectdiagnostic error
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthemoptysis
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlung volume
dc.subjectnuclear magnetic resonance imaging
dc.subjectpulmonary vein malformation
dc.subjectradiodiagnosis
dc.subjectscintiscanning
dc.subjectthorax radiography
dc.subjectAbnormalities
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHeart Murmurs
dc.subjectHemoptysis
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectPulmonary Veins
dc.titleCongenially absent pulmonary veins -diagnostic pitfalls two case reports
dc.typeArticle
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