THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSM PRESENTING AS PULMONARY VEIN STENOSIS - A CASE PRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

We present the case of a 66-year-old woman presenting with pulmonary v ein stenosis with a large descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Pulmona ry vein stenosis is a rare condition and can be caused by extrinsic co mpression, as well as by inflammatory diseases, congenital anomalies a nd related surgical repair, tuberculosis, and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. With obstruction to pulmonary vein flow, the velocity increa ses and becomes continuous. The finding of turbulent antegrade flow in . the left atrium through the use of transthoracic color flow Doppler and pulsed-Doppler warrants further investigation to evaluate known ca uses of pulmonary vein stenosis. We believe this is the first reported case of a patient with an aortic aneurysm causing pulmonary vein sten osis.