title: Computed tomographic demonstration of displaced right upper lobe bronchus in an adult woman with congenital heart disease.
abstract: To our knowledge, this is the first description of the computed tomographic appearance of a displaced right upper lobe bronchus. The case reported is that of a 43 year-old woman who had known congenital heart disease and systemic hypertension. The computed tomographic study demonstrated a displaced right upper lobe bronchus; a persistent left superior vena cava; pulmonary hypertension with associated dilatation of the right chambers of the heart consistent with a longstanding left to right shunt; and subsequent development of pulmonary hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001995:Bronchography; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging