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Chest X-ray (PA view) showing homogenous rounded opacity in the left upper thorax produced by the ductal aneurysm, normal lung parenchyma, normal pulmonary blood flow, and there was no cardiomegaly. DAA-ductus arteriosus aneurysm
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A chest X-ray revealed homogenous opacification of the whole left upper lobe [Figure 1], which was treated as collapse-consolidation.
Two-dimensional echocardiography from modified suprasternal echocardiographic long axis view showing the aneurysm and the ampulla (arrow)
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The ampulla of this aneurysm was wide open (7 mm in size), but the pulmonary end was restricted and there was a tiny patent ductus arteriosus with a left-to-right shunt [Figure 2a-c].
Two-dimensional echocardiography from modified suprasternal short axis view showing large ductal aneurysm with wide ampulla
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In addition, there was compensatory hyperinflation of the rest of the left lung [Figure 3a-c].