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Pulmonary Endarteritis and Subsequent Embolization to the Lung as a Complication of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus

A Case Report

Departments of Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Yiiziincu Yil University, Van, Turkey.

Abdurrahman Üner, MD

Departments of Cardiology, Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, and Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Yiiziincu Yil University, Van, Turkey.

Ali Özeren, MD

Departments of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey.

Mustafa Aydin, MD

Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey.

Fatma Demirel, MD

Bahri Ermi, MD

Mehmet Özkökeli, MD

The authors describe a case of pulmonary endarteritis and subsequent embolization to the lungs as a complication of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Although 2-dimensional echocar diography has been shown to be of great value in the diagnosis of patients with infective endocarditis, echocardiographic detection of vegetation within the pulmonary artery and subsequent embolization to the lung is extremely rare and, to our knowledge, has been previ ously reported only in a few cases. In brief, our case not only shows the importance of echocar diography in making this rare diagnosis but also emphasizes the role of echocardiography as an effective means of following up such a case.

Angiology, Vol. 55, No. 1, 99-102 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500115


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