Right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula: a rare presentation. 2012

Minoo N Kavarana, and Eric J Devaney, and Maria L Torres, and Timothy Cotts
Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula is a rare congenital vascular anomaly which usually presents with cyanosis, clubbing, dyspnea, and signs and symptoms of a right to left shunt. Paradoxical embolism to the brain resulting in cerebral abscess formation and death is a rare and ominous complication that has been described. We describe an unusual presentation with abdominal pain resulting from splenic infarction.

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