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On posteroanterior chest radiography, a hyperlucent right lung was observed.
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On posteroanterior chest radiography, a hyperlucent right lung was observed (Figure 1).
Hyperlucency on thoracic high-resolution computerized tomography (arrows).
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On thoracic computerized tomography (CT) and high resolution CT, right pulmonary artery hypoplasia, reduction in the diameter of the right pulmonary artery branches, hyperlucency, right lung lower lobe bronchiectasis and atelectasis were detected (Figure 2).
The right pulmonary artery could not be visualized by pulmonary angiographic study of the thorax.
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Pulmonary angiographic study of the thorax displayed prominent reduction of caliber in the right pulmonary artery branches (Figure 3).
Angiography showing left main coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva. RCA, right coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery.
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The simultaneously performed coronary angiography revealed normal location and branches of the right coronary artery, while the left coronary system (left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries) was observed to have originated from the right sinus Valsalva as a single coronary artery (Figure 4).