Case Report


Operation for an anomalous systemic arterial supply to the left lower lobe using an anastomosis procedure in an infant

Do Wan Kim, In Seok Jeong, Ja Hae Kim, Yun Hyeon Kim, Hwa Jin Cho

Abstract

An anomalous systemic arterial supply to a normal lung is a rare congenital anomaly, and then for which no standard treatment has been established. We present the case of a 7-month-old girl who had a continuous murmur at the trunk. She was diagnosed the anomalous systemic arterial supply to the left lower lobe, we decided to perform an end-to-side anastomosis between the abnormal systemic artery and left pulmonary artery. After 3 years, the patient showed the normal lung perfusion of the operation lobe.

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