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Fig. 3

From: Evaluation of the bronchial arteries: normal findings, hypertrophy and embolization in patients with hemoptysis

Fig. 3

Imaging of the bronchial arteries. CECT findings of normal bronchial arteries (a, arrow), with a reduced caliber inferior to 1,5 mm. The remaining images show a patient with hypertrophy of the bronchial arteries, with a caliber exceeding 2 mm (b, c, d; arrows). MIP images (b, d) are useful when depicting small vessels like the bronchial arteries, displaying its tortuous course in a single image. The patient had a long-term history of bronchiectasis

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