Idiopathic dilatation of peripheral pulmonary arteries

Chest. 1978 Feb;73(2):241-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.73.2.241.

Abstract

We describe a patient with idiopathic dilatation of the peripheral pulmonary arteries radiologicaly mimicking pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae. Isolate involvement of the peripheral arteries in this patient supports a developmental defect in the arterial walls as the etiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Syncope / complications
  • Vascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Oxygen