DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i03.019

Pages: 265-268

Pulmonary venous varix is a rare focal involvement of a pulmonary vein that becomes dilated. Pulmonary varices are congenital or acquired following distal venous occlusion by a pathology affecting the mitral valve or hepatic cirrhosis. On the chest x-ray, pulmonary varicose veins may be unnoticed or present as a solitary lung nodule next to the left atrium.On chest computed tomography, they take on the appearance of serpeginous vascular structures with no nidus image and no connection with arterial structures frequently found in AVM. Pulmonary varices are asymptomatic with a stable course, requiring no treatment except complications.