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Fig. 19

From: Pictorial review of the pulmonary vasculature: from arteries to veins

Fig. 19

Bronchial artery anatomy. Coronal CT of the chest shows a dilated right bronchial artery (5 mm) arising from the intercostal bronchial artery trunk (ICBAT) (white arrow) of the postero-lateral thoracic aorta at the level of T6. Please note that the normal bronchial artery is less than 2 mm in diameter. While ICBAT origin is the most typical of the right bronchial artery, the left bronchial arteries usually arise directly from the aorta

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