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. 1991 Aug;66(2):182–184. doi: 10.1136/hrt.66.2.182

Intrapulmonary agenesis of venous system and bronchopulmonary arterial anastomosis.

M K Thapar 1, E Riff 1, Z Halees 1
PMCID: PMC1024616  PMID: 1883672

Abstract

Agenesis of the intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary veins of the right lung was found by angiography and histological examination in a three year old boy. Blood supplied by the intersegmental arteries drained via the pulmonary arteries of the right lung into main and left pulmonary arteries. This caused a shunt between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Agenesis of the pulmonary venous system as a cause of left to right shunt has not been reported before.

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