Pulmonary artery sling - MedPix™ Patient: 3868

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Clinical Presentation: 1 y.o. boy

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1 y.o. boy with "fussy eating" (not real history, but plausible)

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Pulmonary sling

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The left pulmonary artery (PA) arises from the right side, crosses behind the trachea and other great vessels and anterior to the esophagus. The anterior impression on the barium swallow is from the anomalous left PA.

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Pulmonary artery sling
Diagnosis Confirmed by: Anatomic Imaging from MR

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