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Case reports

Pulmonary artery agenesis and Kommerell's diverticulum presenting with hemoptysis

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, FMB 128, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, United States
^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105, United States

Received 1 September 2008; received in revised form 23 October 2008; accepted 28 October 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 203 785 4931; fax: +1 203 737 2163. (Email: arousou{at}hotmail.com).

Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly that is commonly associated with additional cardiovascular abnormalities. We report a case of intrapulmonary hemorrhage and hemoptysis in a patient with left-sided pulmonary artery agenesis as well as the first description of this anomaly in a patient with a diverticulum of Kommerell. The patient was successfully treated by performing a left pneumonectomy.

Key Words: Pulmonary arteries • Pneumonectomy • Great vessel anomalies