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Images in paediatrics
‘Asthma’ cured after cardiac surgery
  1. Luísa Gaspar1,
  2. Ana Mariano1,
  3. Sandra Caetano1,
  4. Patrícia Mendes1,
  5. José Pedro Neves2,
  6. Rui Anjos3
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Central de Faro EPE, Faro, Portugal
  2. 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisbon, Portugal
  3. 3Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisbon, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Luísa Gaspar, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Central de Faro EPE, Rua Leão Penedo, 8000 Faro, Portugal; luisagaspar{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2011-300570

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    A 6-year-old boy, with no relevant medical history, was seen for recurrent dyspnoea and wheezing. He was found to have a systolic heart murmur. An echocardiogram showed a circular anechogenic image posterior to, and to the left of, the ascending aorta, compressing the pulmonary trunk and right pulmonary artery, with systolic flow into the lesion.

    An MRI and multidetector helical CT scan …

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.