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An anomalous unilateral single pulmonary vein associated with a bone morphogenetic protein receptor II gene mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2014
Koyama Kazuya, Sano Go, Hata Yoshinobu, Shiraga Nobuyuki, Ota Hiroki, Sugino Keishi, Isobe Kazutoshi, Sakamoto Susumu, Takai Yujiro, Koezuka Satoshi, Makino Takashi, Otsuka Hajime, Sato Fumitomo, Sasamoto Shuichi, Iyoda Akira, Kurosaki Atsuko, Homma Sakae
Abstract excerpt
Anomalous unilateral single pulmonary vein (AUSPV), a rare congenital anomaly, is associated with an aberrant course but normal drainage, and resembles arteriovenous malformation (AVM). We treated a 26-year-old man with AUSPV in the right lung and an anomalous segmental pulmonary vein in the left lung. CT revealed a tortuous vascular shadow with an enhancement pattern identical to that of the pulmonary vein,...
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