Misalignment of pulmonary veins with alveolar capillary dysplasia: affected siblings and variable phenotypic expression

J Pediatr. 1994 Jan;124(1):125-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70267-5.

Abstract

Misalignment of pulmonary veins with alveolar capillary dysplasia is recognized as a rare cause of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate. Until now, misalignment of pulmonary veins was thought to be a random occurrence, but its appearance in siblings at our institution suggests that there may be a familial predisposition. There have been reports of variable expression and variable severity in this disease; our report describes this variability in family members.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Capillaries / abnormalities
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / blood supply
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / etiology*
  • Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / genetics
  • Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / pathology
  • Phenotype
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / blood supply*
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*