Pulmonary hypertension in infants linked to horseshoe lung: case report

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2011 Jun;96(6):e116-8. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2011000600018.
[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]

Abstract

This is the case report of a young infant with early respiratory distress and pulmonary hypertension, diagnosed as a variant of horseshoe lung and we have reviewed the literature to seek information about this rare pulmonary malformation and its cardiac and hemodynamic repercussions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / abnormalities*
  • Radiography
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / etiology