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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:2169-2171
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Congenital unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis and aspergilloma

Isaac S. Kadir, FRCSa, Joyce Thekudan, FRCSa, Anand Dheodar, FRCSa, Mark T. Jones, FRCSa*, Kevin B. Carroll, FRCPa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, UK

Accepted for publication June 28, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Jones, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England M23 9LT, UK
e-mail: mark.jones{at}smuht.nwest.nhs.uk

Isolated unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis is a rare condition, which in most patients is asymptomatic. Occasionally patients present with symptoms that are nonspecific and not necessarily attributable to disease of the respiratory system. In these individuals the clue to the diagnosis is found in a plain chest roentgenogram, often revealing a hyperlucent contracted hemithorax. We present an unusual case of isolated unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis associated with the opportunistic organism Mycobacterium kansasii and Aspergillus fumigatus in which the diagnosis was made 10 years after initial presentation. Clinicians should be aware of this condition and include it in their differential diagnosis of a hyperlucent lung field on the chest roentgenogram.




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