Enlarged pulmonary trunk on chest radiography (differential)
Schwere
pulmonale Hypertonie mit entsprechend prominenten Pulmonalarterien. Nebenbefundlich Trichterbrust wohl mit Z.n. Sternotomie.
COPD und
CTEPH. Deutlich abgeflachte Zwerchfellkuppen beidseits. Prominente zentrale Pulmonalarterien mit Kalibersprung.
Enlarged
pulmonary trunk on chest radiography (differential) • Pulmonary arterial hypertension - primary - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Enlarged
pulmonary trunk on chest radiography (differential) • Normal chest x-ray - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Pulmonary
valve stenosis • Pulmonary valve stenosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Pulmonary
hypertension • Pulmonary arterial hypertension - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Pulmonary
hypertension • Pulmonary arterial hypertension - primary - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
The differential of an enlarged pulmonary trunk/main pulmonary artery on chest radiography includes:
- normal
- may appear prominent in young patients especially women
- projectional
- rotation
- lordotic view
- rotation of the heart
- pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
- pulmonary embolism
- poststenotic dilatation
- pulmonary valve stenosis
- pulmonary artery coarctation
- increased pulmonary blood flow
- total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
- pregnancy
- high output cardiac failure
- thyrotoxicosis
- anaemia
- Marfan syndrome
- idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary trunk: diagnosis of exclusion
- mimics
- enlarged left atrial appendage
- left hilar/mediastinal mass
Siehe auch:
Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu erweiterte Pulmonalarterie:
