Pulmonary Varicosity Associated with Other Congenital Abnormalities

¹ Thoracic Surgical Clinic, the Cardiovascular and Pathology Laboratories of the Piraeus General Hospital "Queen Frederica," Piraeus, Greece

Varices of the pulmonary veins are rare. Only 29 cases have been reported up to now. We present another case of a pulmonary varix of the right lung associated with absence of the superior pulmonary vein, hypoplasia of the descending branch of the right pulmonary artery, congenital bronchiectasis of the middle and lower lobes, and inventration of the right diaphragm. A brief review of the literature is given. Because pulmonary varices radiologically resemble mediastinal or pulmonary lesions, angiocardiography is indicated to avoid exploratory thoracotomies.