Multiple coarctation of the pulmonary artery

Pulmonary artery coarctation is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by single or multiple stenoses of the pulmonary arteries and their branches. T here are only a few reports describing the radiological film of this entity . In this paper we report the case of a 68 year-old woman who presented wit h dyspnea. The scintigraphic, examination of the lungs gave the misleading impression of pulmonary embolism. and only angiography and magnetic resonan ce imaging established the correct diagnosis of multiple coarctations of th e pulmonary artery. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reser ved.