Bridging bronchus complicated with a left pulmonary artery sling a rare entity

To the editor: The bridging bronchus (BB) is a rarely reported congenital anomaly in which right middle and lower lobes are supplied by an accessory bronchus arising from the left main bronchus,1 A sling left pulmonary artery (SLPA) is also a rare congenital cardiac malformation, in which the left p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2014, Vol.127 (19), p.3519-3519
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Jing, Shen, Yongchun, Huang, Zixing, Wen, Fuqiang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To the editor: The bridging bronchus (BB) is a rarely reported congenital anomaly in which right middle and lower lobes are supplied by an accessory bronchus arising from the left main bronchus,1 A sling left pulmonary artery (SLPA) is also a rare congenital cardiac malformation, in which the left pulmonary artery arises from the right pulmonary artery and passes between the trachea and esophagus, causing tracheal stenosis by the pulsating pulmonary artery.: Here we present a rare pediatric case of BB complicated with a SLPA.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20132861