Presentation
Chronic cough
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
- Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.
From the case:
Ectatic pulmonary artery
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Well-defined, non-calcified, right upper lobe pulmonary nodule.
From the case:
Ectatic pulmonary artery
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Magnified view of RUZ of chest and nodular opacity.
From the case:
Ectatic pulmonary artery
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CT demonstrates that the nodule on the radiograph is right upper lobe segmental arterial ectasia
Case Discussion
Incidence of main pulmonary artery aneurysms in about 1 in 13,700.
Segmental arterial ectasia is very rare.
Pulmonary ectasia is known in Marfan syndrome, severe valvular stenosis, infectious vasculitis and idIopathic.