Araújo, Ana Rafaela and Sousa, Magda and Pinto, Joel and Cavadas, Susana and Rodrigues, Luís (2018) A 32-Year-Old Woman with Relapsing Pneumonia. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (8). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Introduction: Isolated right pulmonary artery agenesis in an adult patient is an extremely rare condition that requires a high level of suspicion to make the diagnosis. Case Description: A 32-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 4-month history of recurrent respiratory infections. Chest radiography and computerized tomography (CT) revealed alveolar opacities on the medium and inferior right lobes. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy with bronchial aspirate was negative on both cytological and microbiological analysis. Due to the persistent of the imaging findings after a full course of a wide-spectrum antibiotic, an angio-CT was performed, revealing a complete stop at the level of the right pulmonary artery. Angiography confirmed the diagnosis of right pulmonary artery agenesis. Discussion: Currently, the patient has no exertional dyspnoea, screening for pulmonary hypertension has so far been negative and no further respiratory infections have occurred. It is important to call attention to a major congenital malformation that may remain asymptomatic until adulthood.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis, angiography |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Greta Di Blasio |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2019 15:39 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2019 15:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18762 |
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