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Tracheobronchography in the evaluation of anomalous left pulmonary artery

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In three patients the diagnosis of an anomalous left pulmonary artery was confirmed when tracheobronchography demonstrated a discrete extrinsic impression on the proximal right bronchus. The diagnosis was unsuspected clinically in one patient with a hyperlucent left lung on conventional chest radiographs. In the other two patients there was a suspicion of a pulmonary sling, but findings on plain chest or airway radiographs were atypical. The tracheobronchogram can be a valuable procedure for diagnosing a pulmonary sling, detecting additional developmental anomalies of the bronchi, and predicting the post-operative clinical course.

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  1. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    M. J. Siegel, G. D. Shackelford & W. H. McAlister

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Siegel, M.J., Shackelford, G.D. & McAlister, W.H. Tracheobronchography in the evaluation of anomalous left pulmonary artery. Pediatr Radiol 12, 235–238 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00971770

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