title: Case of combined paratracheal air cyst and accessory cardiac bronchus.
abstract: Paratracheal air cyst (PTAC) is rather frequently detected on thoracic multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) in daily practice. Accessory cardiac bronchus (ACB) is a rare anomaly; however, the incidence rate is increasing with the use of recent high quality MDCT scanners. We report a case of combined PTAC and ACB that was incidentally detected by MDCT. Three dimensional CT images revealed anatomical details.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. tamaki-i@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp or tamaki-i@mars.sannet.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Tamaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000388:Air; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001995:Bronchography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D015994:Incidence; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography