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- Title
Coexistence of bronchiectasis with anomalous pulmonary venous return in the same pulmonary lobe.
- Authors
Cuce, Ferhat; Inan, Mustafa Ilker; Keles, Hakan; Atalay, Murat
- Abstract
A 24 year old male patient presented with the symptoms of cough and effort dyspnea since childhood. There were crackles at the left base of the chest on auscultation. There were cystic bronchiectasis at the left upper lobe and a vascular structure that was lying from the left hilar region to the upper mediastinum in high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of thorax. Around the bronchiectasis there were mosaic attenuation areas that were because of air trapping. CT angiography(CTA) was performed and it was seen that this vascular structure was partial venous return anomalous of left superior pulmonary vein which was draining into the left brachiocephalic vein.
- Publication
Balkan Military Medical Review, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 3, p108
- ISSN
1107-6275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5455/bmmr.165836