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Fig. 2

From: Computed tomography coronary angiography in patients without known coronary artery disease can demonstrate possible non-cardiovascular causes of non-acute retrosternal chest pain

Fig. 2

CT pure axial images showing examples of extracardiac diseases. a Axial image at the supra-diaphragmatic level showing a large hiatal hernia (arrow) extending into the thoracic cavity through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm (arrowheads). b Axial image with lung window, at the heart level, showing pulmonary consolidation (asterisk) with air bronchogram in the posterior-basal segment of the right lung. c Axial image with lung window, at the pulmonary artery bifurcation level, showing a significant anterior mainly para-mediastinal pneumothorax (asterisk) of the left lung

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