Systemic artery-pulmonary vein fistula without sequestration

Pediatr Radiol. 1991;21(2):158-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02015640.

Abstract

Fistulae between an artery arising from the aorta and a pulmonary vein associated with absence of a branch of the pulmonary artery, but without anomalies of the bronchial tree, are exceedingly rare. We report a case in a child who presented with a continuous vascular murmur and developed heart failure due to the left-left shunt. Left lobectomy was performed and showed that the entire left lower lobe was occupied by a huge arteriovenous fistula between an artery stemming from the aorta and the pulmonary veins.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / abnormalities*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / congenital*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Radiography