Right upper lobe pulmonary edema can occur secondary to mitral regurgitation and should be differentiated from pneumonia or other focal lung diseases by the presence of interstitial edema in the remainder of the lungs.
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May prompt consideration of mitral regurgitation in unexplained right upper lobe edema; leaves open need for prospective validation of this mechanism.
Gurney et al. (1989) studied this question.
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