Right pulmonary artery torsion following surgical reimplantation
Patricia Diez Martinez1, Julie Déry, Suzanne Vobecky
1Department of Medical Imaging, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Cote Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Canada, H3T 1C5.
Pediatric Radiology
|June 16, 2012
Abstract:
We report the case of a 3-month-old boy with an anomalous origin of right pulmonary artery (AORPA) from the ascending aorta who presented postoperatively with torsion of the right pulmonary artery demonstrated on 3-D volume-rendered CT angiogram. To our knowledge, CT images of this entity have not been reported. This case illustrates a rare surgical complication that can be easily imaged by CT.
