Fig 3- 3D CT Reconstructions
Fig 3A- 3D MinIP (Minimum Intensity Projection) images in axial &
coronal planes depict multiple thin walled air filled pneumatoceles in
both lungs (yellow arrows)
Fig 3B- 3D MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection) images and Fig 3C- 3D VR
(Volume Reconstructed) images (viewed from anterior and posterior
aspects) depict intensely enhancing lobulated eccentric lesion (red
arrow) arising from descending branch of right pulmonary artery (white
arrow), s/o Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm.
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