TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary artery agenesis associated with emphysema and multiple invasive non-small cell lung cancers
AU - Makdisi, George
AU - Edell, Eric
AU - Maleszewski, Joseph
AU - Molina, Julian R
AU - Deschamps, Claude
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Pulmonary artery (PA) agenesis in the absence of associated cardiac abnormalities is a rare congenital abnormality. It may remain undiagnosed until adulthood when patients present with respiratory symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, repeated respiratory infections, or pulmonary hypertension. Herein we present a case of a 50-year-old woman who was found to have multiple, morphologically distinct non-small cell lung cancers in association with agenesis of the PA. This instance represents the fourth reported case of such association in the English literature.
AB - Pulmonary artery (PA) agenesis in the absence of associated cardiac abnormalities is a rare congenital abnormality. It may remain undiagnosed until adulthood when patients present with respiratory symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, repeated respiratory infections, or pulmonary hypertension. Herein we present a case of a 50-year-old woman who was found to have multiple, morphologically distinct non-small cell lung cancers in association with agenesis of the PA. This instance represents the fourth reported case of such association in the English literature.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.062
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.062
M3 - Article
C2 - 26046873
AN - SCOPUS:84930889172
VL - 99
SP - 2192
EP - 2195
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
SN - 0003-4975
IS - 6
ER -