Symptomatic accessory cardiac bronchus Shunsuke Endo, MD, Noriko Saitoh, MD, Fumio Murayama, MD, Yasunori Sohara, MD, Katsuo Fuse, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 262-264 (January 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01200-X
Fig 1 Chest CT scan taken upon complaint of right-sided chest pain showing an infiltrative shadow in the right lower lobe, pleural effusions, and a 3 × 4 cm soft tissue mass (arrow) in the subcarinal posterior mediastinal space adjacent to the other lesions. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 262-264DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01200-X)
Fig 2 Bronchography of the accessory cardiac bronchus (ACB) by bronchoscopy (A) and chest CT (B) after resolution of empyema and bronchopneumonia, demonstrating efflux of the contrast medium into the soft mass under the carina through a 2-cm-long sprig (arrow) from its origin. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 262-264DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01200-X)