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Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature

Pulmonary vein varix is an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass on a chest radiograph. It may be found as an isolated malformation or as a sequela of pulmonary venous hypertension. We encountered a case presenting with left hemiparesis and a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease. The chest...

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Autores principales: AlNuaimi, Dana, AlKetbi, Reem, AlBastaki, Usama, Pierre-Jerome, Claude, Ahmad Ebrahim, Ebrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.12.009
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author AlNuaimi, Dana
AlKetbi, Reem
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Ahmad Ebrahim, Ebrahim
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description Pulmonary vein varix is an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass on a chest radiograph. It may be found as an isolated malformation or as a sequela of pulmonary venous hypertension. We encountered a case presenting with left hemiparesis and a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease. The chest radiograph revealed a well-defined mediastinal mass that turned out to be a hugely dilated pulmonary vein on contrast enhanced computed tomography of the chest. The computed tomography of the brain and upper abdomen revealed bilateral cerebral infarction and splenic infarction. In the literature, one-third of the reported cases of pulmonary vein varix are acquired secondary to mitral valve disease.
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spelling pubmed-60001972018-06-14 Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature AlNuaimi, Dana AlKetbi, Reem AlBastaki, Usama Pierre-Jerome, Claude Ahmad Ebrahim, Ebrahim Radiol Case Rep Cardiac Pulmonary vein varix is an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass on a chest radiograph. It may be found as an isolated malformation or as a sequela of pulmonary venous hypertension. We encountered a case presenting with left hemiparesis and a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease. The chest radiograph revealed a well-defined mediastinal mass that turned out to be a hugely dilated pulmonary vein on contrast enhanced computed tomography of the chest. The computed tomography of the brain and upper abdomen revealed bilateral cerebral infarction and splenic infarction. In the literature, one-third of the reported cases of pulmonary vein varix are acquired secondary to mitral valve disease. Elsevier 2018-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6000197/ /pubmed/29904483 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.12.009 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Cardiac
AlNuaimi, Dana
AlKetbi, Reem
AlBastaki, Usama
Pierre-Jerome, Claude
Ahmad Ebrahim, Ebrahim
Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: a case report and review of the literature
topic Cardiac
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.12.009
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