Demonstration of a tracheal bronchus by computed tomography.
Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a tracheal bronchus in a young child as well as the associated cystic disease of the right lung. Confirmation of the anatomical bronchial variant was obtained later when the cystic lesion was infected with aspergillus and surgically removed.
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Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Ohio 44106.
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001995:Bronchography; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging