Farkas Amy, Steiner Michael, Giles Henry, Miller Kristen
Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Dec 13;13(1):295-298. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.023. eCollection 2018 Feb.
Pulmonary sling is the anatomic variant defined by the aberrant origin of the left pulmonary artery from the right pulmonary artery. This patient presented with a mimic of pulmonary sling as a result of an extremely rare condition, arterial tortuosity syndrome (ATS). The patient was first diagnosed with pulmonary sling on prenatal echocardiogram performed by cardiology. Computed tomography angiography of the chest obtained at birth to evaluate respiratory depression demonstrated ATS. The early detection of ATS has been demonstrated to improve patient outcome. This case provides an overview of the typical imaging features of ATS to aid radiologists in making this uncommon diagnosis.
肺吊带是一种解剖变异,其定义为左肺动脉起源于右肺动脉的异常情况。该患者因一种极为罕见的疾病——动脉迂曲综合征(ATS)而表现出类似肺吊带的症状。患者最初在心脏病学进行的产前超声心动图检查中被诊断为肺吊带。出生时为评估呼吸抑制而进行的胸部计算机断层血管造影显示为ATS。已证明早期发现ATS可改善患者预后。本病例概述了ATS的典型影像学特征,以帮助放射科医生做出这种罕见的诊断。