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British Journal of Radiology (2007) 80, e61-e63
© 2007 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/94062779
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CT findings of pulmonary artery dissection

M A Neimatallah, MD 1 W Hassan, MD, FCCP, FACC, FACP 2 M Moursi, MD 2 and Y Al Kadhi, MD 1

Departments of 1 Radiology and 2 Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


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  		Figure 1. Posteroanterior chest radiograph showing cardiac enlargement with greatly dilated pulmonary trunk and central pulmonary arteries.

 

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  		Figure 2. 2D transthoracic echocardiogram in a short axis oblique view showing a greatly dilated main pulmonary artery(PA) with an intimal flap (white arrow).

 

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  		Figure 3. (a–c) Transverse section of a contrast-enhanced CT pulmonary angiogram showing dilated central pulmonary arteries with an intimal flap in the main pulmonary artery (black arrowheads, a–c) and a pericardial effusion (white arrow, b).

 




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