Yeungnam Univ J Med.  2003 Jun;20(1):71-78. 10.12701/yujm.2003.20.1.71.

A Case of Unilateral Absence of Left Pulmonary Artery Presenting Hemoptysis

• Yoon HJ
• No TM
• Kim SW
• Park DH
• Kim IS
• Kim YJ
• Lee BK
• Park JY
• Chung JH

• KMID: 1969355
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2003.20.1.71

Abstract

Unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly that is frequently associated with other cardiovascular anomalies first reported by Fraentzel in 1968. Most patients who have no associated cardiac anomalies have only minor or absent symptoms. We experienced a case of isolated UAPA in a young female presenting hemoptysis. The chest radiograph showed a small left lung volume and high resolutional CT of chest showed multiple subpleural nodules and centrilobular nodules in parenchyma. The video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy revealed diffuse dilated vessels in visceral pleura. The pulmonary angiogram confirmed the absence of the left main pulmonary artery.

Keyword

Unilateral Absence; Pulmonary Artery; Hemoptysis

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Female
Hemoptysis*
Humans
Lung
Pleura
Pulmonary Artery*
Radiography, Thoracic
Thorax