1. An 87-Year-Old Woman With Pleural Effusion and Tortuous Aorta
Bruce Sabath, MD, Rimoun Hakim, MD, Rex Yung, MD 
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Volume 151, Issue 2, Pages e21-e24 (February 2017)
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2. Figure 1
Chest radiography demonstrating opacification of the lower left hemithorax, suggesting the presence of pleural effusion.
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3. Figure 2
CT scan demonstrating the pleural effusion as well as an aberrant right subclavian artery posterior to the trachea and esophagus.
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4. Figure 3
CT scan (A, axial view; B, sagittal view), demonstrating the thoracic aorta coursing very near the posterior chest wall just deep to the ribs.
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5. Figure 4
More inferiorly, the aorta crosses sharply toward the midline at a level just superior to the diaphragm.
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