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Lumen of the normal, proximal vein Occluded lumen at the stenosis
Spindle shaped Intimal Cells in the ridge
venous congestion Subpleural and interstitial Alveolar simplification Remodelling of small peripheral artery Medium hypertrophy
Mc Connell, Pediatric Cardiology 1994
Case report:
Female,
Birth weight 1.600 gr
TOF, Pda NEC needing surgery At 5 months, diagnosed with PV stenosis of 3 veins..
Autopsy
Obliterative fibromuscular thickening
BOTH IN LARGE VEINS at the venoatrial junction SMALL VEINS Small PV right Lung Small PV left Lung
SEVERE INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS IN THE LUNG
- Q1: anatomy, histology of the lesions
DISCRETE STENOSIS
AT THE VENOATRIAL JUNCTION
DIFFUSE STENOSIS
OF THE “UPSTREAM” PULMONARY VEINS INTO THE LUNG PARECHIMA
ACQUIRED, PROGRESSIVE LESIONS ATRESIA of the VEIN
Pattern at presentation
60% Unilateral 40% Bilateral
86% Left Side
Dressner, Pediatrics 2008
64% Unilateral 36% Bilateral
95% Left Side
Maghoub, Ped Pulmonol 2017