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Lobar emphysema due to anomalous aortic origin of the left pulmonary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Dale R. Absher ,
Vesna Martich Kriss  and
Carol M. Cottrill
Dale R. Absher
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
Vesna Martich Kriss*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
Carol M. Cottrill
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
*
Vesna Martich Kriss, MD, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536–0084, USA. Tel: (606) 323 5233; Fax: (606) 323 2510
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Abstract

The unusual case of an infant with aortic origin of the left pulmonary artery is presented. The patient developed a rare complication of lobar emphysema due to bronchial compression from the enlarged right pulmonary artery. Operative anastomosis of the left pulmonary artery to the pulmonary trunk was successful, with subsequent resolution of the lobar emphysema.

Keywords

Anomalous pulmonary arterylobar emphysema
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , May 1999 , pp. 327 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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