Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2192-2195 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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Makdisi, G., Edell, E., Maleszewski, J., Molina, J. R., & Deschamps, C. (2015). Pulmonary artery agenesis associated with emphysema and multiple invasive non-small cell lung cancers. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 99(6), 2192-2195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.062