Aortopulmonary Window: Case Report of Survival in Untreated Adult Patient
Published: April 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/35037.11410
Neha Nischal, Sakshi Arya, Ruchi Gupta, Nayna Goyal, Sunil Kumar Puri
1. Senior Resident, Department of Radiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Radiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Radiology, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Radiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
5. Director Professor and Head, Department of Radiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Neha Nischal,
1, JLN Marg, New Delhi-110002, Delhi, India.
E-mail: neha.nischal@gmail.com
Aortopulmonary window is a rare congenital communication between ascending aorta and main pulmonary artery. The condition carries poor prognosis in absence of early corrective surgery. Few case reports exist in literature where adult survival is seen in untreated patients. We present such a case of a 27-year-old male who had developed irreversible pulmonary hypertension secondary to aortopulmonary window and is thus being managed medically.
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