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Fig. 8 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 8

From: Imaging of thoracic hernias: types and complications

Fig. 8

a, b A 26-year-old male with a history of Shone’s complex, status post-coarctation repair, subaortic membrane resection and supravalvular mitral ring resection. Maximum intensity projection axial CECT images in the lung (a) and mediastinal (b) windows demonstrate focal herniation of the anterior segment of the right upper lobe (white arrow) between the ascending aorta and main pulmonary artery. This lung herniation is a result of focal absence of the pericardium

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