Open AccessPartial Anomalous Left Pulmonary Artery Sling in an Adult
Author(s) -
Pierre D. Maldjian,
Kevin R Adams
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.25259/jcis_4_2020
Subject(s) - medicine , left pulmonary artery , sling (weapon) , pulmonary artery , right pulmonary artery , pulmonary trunk , cardiology , artery , radiology , surgery
We report a case of a partial anomalous left pulmonary artery sling in an adult patient as an incidental finding on computed tomography. There is a normal bifurcation of the pulmonary trunk into right and left pulmonary arteries with anomalous origin of the left upper lobe pulmonary artery from the right pulmonary artery. The anomalous vessel passes between the trachea and esophagus forming a partial left pulmonary artery sling without airway compression.