An adult case of pulmonary artery sling accompanied by tracheobronchomalacia

Sahoko Imoto; Ryosuke Satomi; Mayuko Watase; Matsuo So; Hiroaki Murakami; Sakiko Hosoo; Iio Miwa; Kazuyuki Fujimoto; Shigenari Nukaga; Kazuma Yagi; Sota Oguro; Takahiko Oyama; Ryoichi Kato; Yoshitaka Oyamada

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.2089-18

An adult case of pulmonary artery sling accompanied by tracheobronchomalacia

Sahoko Imoto, Ryosuke Satomi, Mayuko Watase, Matsuo So, Hiroaki Murakami, Sakiko Hosoo, Iio Miwa, Kazuyuki Fujimoto, Shigenari Nukaga, Kazuma Yagi, Sota Oguro, Takahiko Oyama, Ryoichi Kato, Yoshitaka Oyamada

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Pulmonary artery (PA) sling is a congenital disease in which the left PA abnormally arises from the right PA and is usually diagnosed during the infantile period. We present an adult case of PA sling accompanied by tracheobronchomalacia found in a 49-year-old woman with a history of recurrent pneumonia. Computed tomography of the chest showed that the left lung was nourished by two aberrant PAs. Bronchoscopy demonstrated achondroplasia of the trachea and the right bronchus, which we speculate to have resulted in their stenosis. The recurrent pneumonia was attributable to these tracheobronchial structural abnormalities; we therefore stress the importance of focusing on the anatomic abnormalities in such cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1621-1624
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	58
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2089-18
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Pulmonary artery sling
Recurrent lung infections
Tracheobronchomalacia

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Internal Medicine

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An adult case of pulmonary artery sling accompanied by tracheobronchomalacia

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