Irodi A, Prabhu SM, John RA, Leena R. Congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations, "sequestration" and beyond.
Indian J Radiol Imaging 2015;
25:35-43. [PMID:
25709164 PMCID:
PMC4329686 DOI:
10.4103/0971-3026.150138]
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Abstract
Congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations (BPVMs) include a broad spectrum of disorders that involve abnormalities in the form of disruptions of normal communication and/or presence of abnormal communication between one or more of the three main systems of the lung, namely, the airways, arteries, and veins. The establishment of abnormal communications by means of small openings or anastomoses is termed as malinosculation. The aim of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the imaging appearances of the various types of pulmonary malinosculation.
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