[Thin-section computed tomography of the bronchi; 2. Right upper lobe and left upper division].
Thin (2mm) section contiguous computed tomographic (CT) scans were obtained through the bronchi of the right upper lobe and the left upper division in 30 patients. All segmental bronchi were identified. The right subsegmental bronchi were identified in 100%, and the left subsegmental bronchi in 97%. The type of the orifice of the right bronchus was trifurcated (53%), the extension of B1 was apicoanterior (50%), and the size of B2b was equal to B3a (63%). The extension of the left B3 was subapicoanterior (38%), and the size of B1+2c was equal to B3a (62%).
Matsuoka
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Y
Department of Radiology, Branch Hospital Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
Ookubo
T
T
Ohtomo
K
K
Nishikawa
J
J
Kojima
K
K
Oyama
K
K
Yoshikawa
K
K
Iio
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001995:Bronchography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed