Bronchoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in an infant

Tissot-Daguette, Cécile; Corbelli, Regula; Aggoun, Yacine; Beghetti, Maurice; da Cruz, Eduardo

doi:10.1007/s00246-007-9143-6

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Title		Bronchoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in an infant
Authors		Tissot-Daguette, Cécile Corbelli, Regula Aggoun, Yacine Beghetti, Maurice da Cruz, Eduardo
Published in		Pediatric Cardiology. 2008, vol. 29, no. 5, p. 976-9
Abstract		An eight-month-old boy with findings of persistent left pulmonary basal infiltrate was diagnosed with congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia by bronchoscopy. Cardiac catheterization documented slow left pulmonary venous return to atretic pulmonary veins. Conservative treatment was chosen because the child was asymptomatic and corrective surgery or percutaneous intervention was not technically possible. After a 3-year follow-up, the child still has no documented pulmonary hypertension. Early diagnosis of unilateral pulmonary vein atresia is important to anticipate potential threatening complications like pulmonary hypertension and hemoptysis. Surgical treatment of this entity might be drastic and complex and should be weighed against a conservative alternative and careful follow-up.
Keywords		Azygos Vein/abnormalities — Bronchoscopy — Heart Catheterization — Humans — Infant — Magnetic Resonance Imaging — Male — Pulmonary Veins/abnormalities
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9143-6 PMID: 18026778
Full text		Article (Accepted version) (187 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://www.springerlink.com/content/d776882151552l61/
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique
Research group		L'hypertension pulmonaire (pédiatrie) (228)
Citation (ISO format)		TISSOT-DAGUETTE, Cécile et al. Bronchoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in an infant. In: Pediatric Cardiology, 2008, vol. 29, n° 5, p. 976-9. doi: 10.1007/s00246-007-9143-6 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:2507