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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, e171-e173
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/43298285
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Bronchial artery arising from the left gastric artery in a patient with massive haemoptysis

H S In, MD J-I Bae, MD A-W Park, MD Y W Kim, MD and S J Choi, MD

Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165, Gaegeum 2-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea


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  		Figure 1. Plain chest radiography demonstrates right apical scarring and severe parenchymal destruction of left lung with irregular pleural thickening.

 

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  		Figure 2. Left inferior phrenic arteries(arrows) arising from (a) the right inferior phrenic artery and (b) directly from the aorta are enlarged and hypertrophied. Abnormal hypervascularity in the left lower lung with systemic-pulmonary shunting is evident.

 

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  		Figure 3. The left gastric angiography identifies the left bronchial artery(arrows) originating from the left gastric artery (arrowhead). The artery ascends to the left pulmonary hilum through the mediastinum, running along the left main bronchus and enters hypervascular area in the left lung.

 




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