Horse-shoe lung-rediscovered via volume rendered images
Open Access
- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- chest radiology-minisymposia
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
- Vol. 23 (04), 297-300
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.125583
Abstract
Horseshoe lung, usually associated with pulmonary venolobar syndrome, is a rare congenital anomaly involving the fusion of the postero-basal segments of the right and left lungs across the midline. The fused segment or the isthmus lies posterior to the pericardium and anterior to the aorta.The associated pulmonary venolobar syndrome involves anomalous systemic arterial supply and anomlaous systemic venous drainage of the right lung. With the advent of MDCT imaging, we can diagnose this rare condition as well all its associated anomalies non-invasively. Volume-rendered techniques greatly simplify the complex anatomy and provide easy understanding of the same.Keywords
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