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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2023; 07(03): 215-217
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770145
Case Report

Pulmonary Vein Varix: A Diagnostic Enigma

Madhuri Howdekar 
1   Department of Radiology and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
,
Rammurti Susarla
1   Department of Radiology and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
,
Phani Chakravarty Mutnuru
1   Department of Radiology and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
,
Paramjyothi GK
2   Department of Pulmonology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
,
Sanjeeva Prasad Kalva
3   Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Abstract

We report a case of a 34-year-old woman who presented with chest pain, shortness of breath, and dry cough of 1 month duration. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the chest revealed an enlarged and tortuous right pulmonary vein that could not conclusively exclude a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Further evaluation with digital subtraction angiography excluded an arteriovenous malformation and confirmed the presence of a pulmonary vein varix. Accordingly, the patient was managed conservatively. This report highlights the need for catheter angiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary vein varix and provides a brief review of literature on the entity.

Keywords

pulmonary vein varix - rare pulmonary vascular anomaly - pulmonary vein varix


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Article published online:
27 June 2023

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