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Gadolinium-Enhanced 3D MR Angiography of Pulmonary Hypoplasia and Aplasia

Hakan Mutlu1, Cinar Basekim1, Emir Silit1, Zekai Pekkafali1, Ersin Ozturk1, Bulent Karaman1, Mecit Kantarci1, Esref Kizilkaya1 and Fevzi Karsli1

1 All authors: Department of Radiology, GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Tibbiye cad, 81327, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey.


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  		Fig. 1A —20-year-old man with aplasia of left pulmonary artery. Scout image from CT shows lung tissue in left upper hemithorax that mimics hypoplasia of left lung and blind ending in left main bronchus (arrowhead).

 

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  		Fig. 1B —20-year-old man with aplasia of left pulmonary artery. CT scan reveals absence of left pulmonary artery (arrowhead) and compensatory hypertrophy of right lung that extends to left hemithorax.

 

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  		Fig. 1C —20-year-old man with aplasia of left pulmonary artery. Subvolume maximum-intensity-projection image (C) and 3D volume reconstruction (D) of MR angiography show absence of left pulmonary artery.

 

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  		Fig. 1D —20-year-old man with aplasia of left pulmonary artery. Subvolume maximum-intensity-projection image (C) and 3D volume reconstruction (D) of MR angiography show absence of left pulmonary artery.

 

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  		Fig. 2A —21-year-old man with hypoplasia of left pulmonary artery. Scintigram shows hypoplasia of left lung.

 

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  		Fig. 2B —21-year-old man with hypoplasia of left pulmonary artery. Digital subtraction angiography (arrow, B) and 3D volume reconstruction of MR angiography (arrowhead, C) show small left pulmonary artery.

 

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  		Fig. 2C —21-year-old man with hypoplasia of left pulmonary artery. Digital subtraction angiography (arrow, B) and 3D volume reconstruction of MR angiography (arrowhead, C) show small left pulmonary artery.

 

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