RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis JF Archives of Disease in Childhood JO Arch Dis Child FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 528 OP 532 DO 10.1136/adc.46.248.528 VO 46 IS 248 A1 France, N. E. A1 Brown, R. J. K. YR 1971 UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/46/248/528.abstract AB The features of 11 cases of congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis dying during the neonatal period are presented. Seven were associated with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with constriction of the common pulmonary vein at its junction with the general venous system. The anatomical features are compared with 14 infants with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage without pulmonary lymphangiectasis. Evidence from this series and from the published reports suggests that at least some examples of congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis result from obstruction to the pulmonary venous return by anomalous pulmonary venous drainage or obstructive left heart anomalies. It is probable that congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis will remain a bar to the successful surgical treatment in the newborn period of many patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.