[Pulmonary varices (author's transl)]

In world literature up to now 41 cases of pulmonary varices have been described. Two own cases showed particulars in so far as one patient had an internal fistula between a varix in the base of the upper lobe of the lung and another varix in the apex of the lower lobe. Besides a varix the second patient had an AV-fistula in the right middle lobe. Already pre-operatively either case was diagnosed as vascular anomaly by angiography. By injecting the contrast medium into the vessels of the resection specimen a clear representation of the varices could be obtained.