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Bridging bronchus and sling left pulmonary artery: a rare entity demonstrated by coronal CT with 3-D rendering display and minimal-intensity projections

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An Erratum to this article was published on 01 July 2008

An Erratum to this article was published on 01 July 2008

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We present a 5-month-old boy with bridging bronchus associated with a sling left pulmonary artery, both of which are rare. Coronal CT using 3-D volume rendering technique was used to delineate the abnormality and plan surgery. We propose that this technique could be used as single diagnostic tool in a child who presents, as children with this anomaly do, with chronic or recurrent lower respiratory tract infections.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa

    Anne-Marie du Plessis & Savvas Andronikou

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa

    Pierre Goussaard

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Correspondence to Anne-Marie du Plessis.

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0931-9

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du Plessis, AM., Andronikou, S. & Goussaard, P. Bridging bronchus and sling left pulmonary artery: a rare entity demonstrated by coronal CT with 3-D rendering display and minimal-intensity projections. Pediatr Radiol 38, 1024–1026 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0913-y

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