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A ground glass opacity in the right posterior basal segmental lobe on CT scan (black arrow).
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Computed tomography of the chest showed right posterior basal lobe ground glass opacity (Fig. 1).
Two elevated lesions (one at the entrance of the right lateral basal bronchus and one over the subcarina of right lateral and posterior basal bronchus-black arrows) seen at bronchoscopy.
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Flexible bronchoscopy revealed two elevated lesions with white caps (Fig. 2).
Endobronchial ultrasound showed two circular anechoic areas circumscribed with a hyperechoic margin highly suggestive of vascular structures (white arrow).
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The EBUS showed two circular anechoic areas circumscribed with a hyperechoic margin highly suggestive of vascular structures (Fig. 3).
Computed tomography of bronchial artery showing an enlarged right bronchial artery about 2.7 mm in diameter (black arrow).
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The right bronchial artery was tortuous and dilated, measuring about 2.7 mm in diameter (Fig. 4).
Right tortuous bronchial artery (thin black arrow) and a bronchopulmonary shunt (thick arrow) on DSA.
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It revealed a right tortuous bronchial artery and a bronchopulmonary shunt (Fig. 5).
Complete disappearance of the right bronchial artery (black arrow) and bronchopulmonary shunt observed on DSA, after bronchial arterial embolization with PVA.
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After embolization, DSA revealed complete disappearance of the abnormal right bronchial artery (Fig. 6).