Abstract
Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium is a very rare vascular malformation. We report a patient with this anomaly. She presented with unexplained cyanosis and brain abscesses. The diagnosis was made with contrast echocardiography and angiography. We treated this anomaly successfully with surgery. Complete cure for this anomaly can be achieved by ligation.
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Copyright © 2006 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Küçükosmanoglu O, Poyrazoglu H, Topçuoglu MS, Erdem S, Erman T, Ozbarlas N. Right pulmonary artery--left atrial communication presenting with brain abscess: a case report. Turk J Pediatr 2006; 48: 373-375.
