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Horseshoe lung without respiratory distress

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A case of horseshoe lung associated with scimitar syndrome is reproted. The patient, a six year old boy, had no respiratory distress. Plain chest film showed hypoplasia of the right lung and scimitar vein. Angiography demonstrated that right inferior pulmonary arteries crossed the midline and reached to the left lung base.

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  1. K. Takeda

    Present address: Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, 514, Mie, Japan

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, 514, Mie, Japan

    N. Kato & T. Nakagawa

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

    K. Aoki

  3. Department of Radiology, Matsusaka Chuo Hospital, Mie, Japan

    A. Matsuda

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Takeda, K., Kato, N., Nakagawa, T. et al. Horseshoe lung without respiratory distress. Pediatr Radiol 20, 604 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02129068

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