Bridging bronchus and sling left pulmonary artery: a rare entity demonstrated by coronal CT with 3-D rendering display and minimal-intensity projections.
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.
Department of Radiology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa. docams@iafrica.com
Anne-Marie
AM
du Plessis
Savvas
S
Andronikou
Pierre
P
Goussaard
D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D007472:Iohexol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol; C038192:iopromide