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the Radiologist | Radiology on Instagram: "CHEST CT ANATOMY 👨🏽‍💻Here we have an axial image of a post-IV contrast CT of the chest at the level of the pulmonary trunk. We can see we are at the level of the T6 vertebra 👨🏽‍💻We can see some of the hilar structures - notice how there is a different orientation to the structures on the right and left on an axial CT slice Running from anterior to posterior we have… RIGHT The pulmonary vein then pulmonary artery then bronchus (V-A-B) LEFT Pulmonary vein then bronchus then pulmonary artery (V-B-A) 👨🏽‍💻We can see the pulmonary trunk and right/left main arteries which we trace in all scans but particularly in CTPA studies looking for PE. A dilated pulmonary trunk can be a marker for pulmonary hypertension and measuring the pulmonary tru
What are the structures labelled A-F in this axial computed tomography pulmonary angiogram? Answers at http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6105