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Congenital internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulas: A case report

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A case of congenital internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulas is reported. The patient was a 7-year-old boy in whom this condition was suspected from an abnormal shadow in the left upper lung field upon chest X-ray examination and continuous murmur. A definite diagnosis was made by selective angiography of the internal mammary artery.

This condition is extremely rare. Our patient is the youngest among the 16 cases which have been reported so far in the English literature. Surgical treatment may be indicated because there is a risk of rupture of the fistula, endarteritis, and congestive heart failure.

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  1. Department of Radiology, National Nagasaki Central Hospital, 2-1001 Kubara, 856, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

    Yuhei Amamoto & Makoto Ochi

  2. Department of Pediatrics, National Ureshino Hospital, Ureshino, Saga, Japan

    Kiyoaki Nagano & Masanori Ito

  3. Department of Pediatrics, National Nagasaki Central Hospital, 2-1001 Kubara, 856, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

    Yoshihiro Yamada & Hajime Imamura MD

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Yamada, Y., Imamura, H., Amamoto, Y. et al. Congenital internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulas: A case report. Heart Vessels 3, 47–49 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02073647

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