Hepatic pulmonary fusion: case report with review of literature

S H Chandrashekhara; Ashu seith Bhalla; Arun K Gupta; Pamod K Sharma; Sandeep Agarwala; M Srinivas; S Mathur

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.032

Hepatic pulmonary fusion: case report with review of literature

J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Mar;46(3):e23-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.032.

Authors

S H Chandrashekhara¹, Ashu seith Bhalla, Arun K Gupta, Pamod K Sharma, Sandeep Agarwala, M Srinivas, S Mathur

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radio-diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 21376183
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.032

Abstract

Hepatic pulmonary fusion is a rare congenital anomaly and is associated with abnormal systemic venous drainage and arterial supply. We describe multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiogram findings of an 11-year-old boy with recurrent cough, fever, and respiratory distress caused by hepatic pulmonary fusion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Diaphragm / abnormalities
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnosis
Humans
Liver / abnormalities*
Liver / blood supply
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / pathology
Liver / surgery
Lung / abnormalities*
Lung / blood supply
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Lung / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities
Recurrence
Respiration Disorders / etiology*
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities