The MSCT features and value of congenital pulmonary artery sling
LIN Quan-ren
DONG Wen-xi
HU De-yu
CHEN Wei
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the value of MSCT and postprocessing technique (MIP ,MinIP ,MPR ,VRT ) in the diagnosis of pulmonary artery sling (DAS) .Methods MSCT characteristics findings and clinical manifestation of 22 cases with surgically and histologically proved pulmonary artery sling in affiliated hospitals of Wenzhou Medical University were retrospectively analyzed .Results All 22 cases of PAS enhanced MSCT imaging showed the left pulmonary artery origina‐ted from right pulmonary artery ,and the left pulmonary artery was “C” shape bypassed to the left hilar from the back top of carina .4 cases of all were found right lung hypoplasia .5 cases had left obstructive pulmonary emphysema .8 cases in‐cluding tracheal bifurcation was “Inverted T " Shape .All 22 children had varying degrees of tracheobronchial stenosis . Conclusion The combination of MSCT and postprocessing technique can be used to make definite diagnosis of PAS ,which can also provide useful information for preoperative assessment of PAS .
Keywords：Pulmonary artery slingMSCTTomographyX-ray computed
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 238-241 )