Aneurysm of a systemic artery supplying the normal basal segments of the left lower lobe.
The case of an aneurysm of a systemic artery supplying otherwise normal basal segments of the left lower lobe is presented. The diagnosis was correctly made postprocessed with three-dimensional reformatting using a multidetector row CT (MDCT) scanner. Conventional angiography was obviated.
Matsunami
Tamaki
T
Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Suzuki
Kazuhiro
K
Takata
Koremochi
K
Kurosaki
Yoshihisa
Y
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001027:Aortography; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed