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Case Reports
. 2018 Nov;15(11):1359-1362.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201804-262RL.

Prominent Bronchopulmonary Vascular Anastomoses in Fatal Childhood Asthma

Csaba Galambos  1 , Melissa L Bates  2 , Douglas Bush  3 , Steven H Abman  1
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Case Reports

Prominent Bronchopulmonary Vascular Anastomoses in Fatal Childhood Asthma

Csaba Galambos et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Nov.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Lung histologic sections from three cases of sudden death in children with asthma demonstrate open intrapulmonary bronchopulmonary anastomosis (IBA) between bronchial arteries (BAs) and pulmonary arteries (PAs). (B)This connection is confirmed by computerized three-dimensional image reconstruction. (C) Bronchial arteries, veins, and microvessels are prominent and markedly congested (arrows), whereas (D) the PAs are markedly thickened and remodeled. Mild inflammation around an airway (Aw) (A) and loose intraluminal mucus material within an airway (D) are seen.
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