PNEUMONECTOMY FOR UNREMITTING HEMOPTYSIS IN UNILATERAL ABSENCE OF PULMONARY-ARTERY

Authors
BEKOE S PELLEGRINI RV DIMARCO RF GRANT KJ WOELFEL GF
Citation
S. Bekoe et al., PNEUMONECTOMY FOR UNREMITTING HEMOPTYSIS IN UNILATERAL ABSENCE OF PULMONARY-ARTERY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 55(6), 1993, pp. 1553-1554
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
55
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1553 - 1554
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1993)55:6<1553:PFUHIU>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery is a rare malformation that can present as an isolated lesion or may be associated with other congeni tal heart defects. Clinical presentation is subtle when the lesion occ urs alone, and may include hemoptysis, which results from rupture of a bundant bronchial submucosal vessels perfused by enlarged systemic col laterals that supply the affected lung. Pneumonectomy is recommended a s definitive treatment in such an adult patient.