PMC4322401_01
The entire prosthetic graft of Blalock-Taussig shunt expectorated by the patient
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F1
The foreign body was the entire prosthetic vascular graft [Figure 1] with sutures at either end and was easily identified as the graft of a Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt.
(a) Oblique coronal view. (b) Axial view of chest CT, lung window, showing normal lung parenchyma. No cavity, consolidation were seen
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F2
There was no pneumomediastinum, any soft tissue shadow, or evidence of inflammation in the lungs. [Figure 2] A doubtful irregularity in the right upper bronchus was noted in light of his history, [Figure 3] but airways were generally unremarkable.
(a) Oblique axial view of CTA. (b) Virtual bronchoscopy reformat image, anterior oblique projection view, showing a small air-filled diverticular out pouching (yellow arrow) arising from the anterosuperior wall of the right main bronchus (RtB) and is directed anteriorly and superiorly. (Lt B, left main bronchus; Tr, trachea)
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F3
There was no pneumomediastinum, any soft tissue shadow, or evidence of inflammation in the lungs. [Figure 2] A doubtful irregularity in the right upper bronchus was noted in light of his history, [Figure 3] but airways were generally unremarkable.